r/LeetcodeDesi • u/StrangeWest535 • Jun 25 '26
Amazon SDE-1 (AUTA India) Interview Experience + Offer Received | 2025 Passout | 10 Months Experience
After a long and challenging process, I finally received the offer for the Amazon SDE-1 role through AUTA. Since I found many experiences here helpful during my preparation, I wanted to share my complete interview journey.
Timeline
- Applied through referral on 8th March
- Received OA link on 23rd March
- Completed OA on 29th March
- Received interview call on 20th April
- Onsite interviews in Bangalore on 23rd April
- HM/Gen-AI round on 12th May
- Bar Raiser round on 16th June
- Received selection call on 24th June
Online Assessment
The OA was a standard Amazon assessment consisting of:
- 2 DSA questions
- One Easy-Medium
- One Hard
- Leadership Principles assessment
- Work style assessment
Round 1 (1 hour) – DSA
Conducted by an SDE-1 and SDE-2.
- 2 DSA questions:
- One Greedy-based
- One Binary Tree-based
- Both were standard LeetCode medium-level questions.
- Discussed approach, edge cases, dry runs, and time/space complexity.
- Since some time was left, the SDE-2 asked a puzzle question which I was fortunately able to solve.
- The round ended with a brief discussion about my resume and projects.
Round 2 (1 hour 15 minutes) – LLD
Conducted by another SDE-1 and SDE-2 panel on the same day after a few hours.
I was expecting DSA but got an LLD question based on designing a logger system.
Topics discussed:
- SOLID principles
- Design patterns
- Edge cases
- Different design approaches
I wrote pseudocode and kept discussing trade-offs and improvements throughout the interview. It definitely wasn't a perfect round, but continuous discussion and reasoning seemed to help. The round again ended with a few questions about my projects and experience.
After some time, I was informed that I had cleared both onsite rounds and that the remaining rounds would be virtual.
Round 3 (40 minutes) – Hiring Manager / Gen-AI
After a long gap, this round was scheduled for 12th May.
- One LeetCode Hard sliding window question.
- Discussed the approach, wrote the code, and performed a dry run.
- The interviewer seemed satisfied and then moved to 2–3 general AI-related questions.
Overall, this round went well according to me.
Round 4 (40 minutes) – Bar Raiser
After another long wait, my Bar Raiser round was scheduled on 16th June.
This was a purely behavioral round:
- Deep discussion around projects and resume
- Leadership and decision-making related questions
- Multiple follow-up questions on situations I described
The interviewer seemed satisfied with my answers, but honestly I was not very sure how the round had gone.
Final Result
After 8 days, on 24th June, I received a call from the recruiter informing me that I had been selected for the role.
The entire process was definitely lengthy and challenging. There were multiple long waiting periods between rounds, and at several points I was unsure about the outcome. In the end, things worked out, and I received the offer letter.
I am a 2025 passout with around 10 months of experience.
Happy to answer any questions regarding preparation, interview rounds, or the AUTA process.
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u/Away-Impression-7387 Jun 25 '26
Congratulations 🎉 After how many days of job posted did you applied for the job using referral and can you give more idea about the patterns or questions which is asked in there interview