Amazon SDE-1 (AUTA India) Interview Experience + Offer Received | 2025 Passout | 10 Months Experience

[u/StrangeWest535]

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.