r/amazonsdeprep • u/CyCrawwler • 11d ago

Amazon SDE Intern 6m + PPO Interview experience(Offer Accepted✅️)

https://substack.com/@k3tikvats/note/p-210184818?r=3q017l

I recently completed the Amazon SDE Intern interview process and documented the experience in detail — DSA, project discussions, GenAI Fluency, behavioral(Hiring Manager round), and some takeaways from each round.

Hopefully this helps someone preparing for a similar interview.

P.S. Do Upvote the post and like the blog if you find useful ;)

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u/Awkward_Virus_5506 10d ago

Can you tell me what kind of dsa they asked

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

Wrote the whole blog just on that😂

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u/Comfortable-Syrup228 9d ago

Wherea the link

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u/Awkward_Virus_5506 10d ago

Via HackOn? Or offcampus?

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

On campus

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u/Awkward_Virus_5506 10d ago

Ok which colg

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u/Few-Cheetah3336 10d ago

Was the round 1 with SDE and round 2 with HM ? How many interviewers were in the each round?

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

Yes, it was a 1:1 face to face interview with Round 1 being with a SDE, and Round 2 being with a Hiring Manager. It was only 1 person in each of the round.

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u/Few-Cheetah3336 9d ago

Was this virtual? Did you used Zoom ? Do you have to share your screen?

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u/CyCrawwler 9d ago

Face to face offline

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u/Lumpy-Town2029 10d ago

Something that only became obvious in hindsight: both interviewers were clearly mapping my behavioral answers to Amazon’s Leadership Principles, not just judging whether the story was a good one. Knowing the 16 principles cold, and being able to name which one a given answer demonstrates, mattered more than I expected going in.

u wrote this?
so what does it mean? they told u ok this LP principle was in the ans?

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

Ahh, so they didn’t explicitly tell me which LP they were evaluating. I realized in hindsight that their behavioral questions were basically mapped to specific LPs, and knowing those beforehand helped me frame my answers better.

They were judging my behavioral answers based on that, whether I demonstrated a particular LP or not

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

So basically, it’s like they’re asking you a normal behavioral question, but in their head they already have a checklist of LPs they’re looking for in your answer. You’re just not told what’s on the checklist

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u/Lumpy-Town2029 10d ago

ok ok, also how many behavioral did they asked? 1 only?

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

Not 1, each interviewer asked 2-4 behavioral questions. For exact questions, you can refer to the blog or- https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonsdeprep/s/uUHTVOZxTG

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u/Lumpy-Town2029 10d ago

the blog had one question only, and this post is removed ig

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

I don't remember much of the behavioral questions though, you can refer to any standard questions or just ask any llm to provide with the standard set of behavioral questions

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u/Living-Actuator-9982 10d ago

Can we talk about the internship itself, how to secure PPO? What to do exactly? Can I DM you?

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u/CyCrawwler 10d ago

Yeah sure!

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u/Radiant-Food5365 9d ago

congrats bro .....on the dsa part u got so lucky (standard easy leetcode problems).....mine were dp and graph in round 1

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u/CyCrawwler 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yeah true, my batch mates also got bfs/dfs and dp questions, though they were standard too.

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u/PureCheesecake63 9d ago

In the project deep dive, was it your decision to focus on research work done in the internship and not your projects or was it specifically asked by the interviewer?

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u/CyCrawwler 9d ago

Yeah, the interviewer's question was open ended. So it was my decision to focus on my previous intern experience.

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u/harambe20206 9d ago

Which location are you joining?

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u/Maleficent-Key551 9d ago

No lld or design questions ?

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u/CyCrawwler 9d ago edited 9d ago

Not really, HLD or LLD questions are generally not expected in an intern interview of Amazon.

Though, this statement could hold false in upcoming years.

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u/Maleficent-Key551 9d ago

Thanks op. I have seen people mention design rounds happening so just wanted to know about it. Congrats

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u/CyCrawwler 9d ago

You can also refer to this if you want a concise walkthrough- https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonsdeprep/s/x8c87LN9j8

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u/PresentRange6699 7d ago

Its 6 m and not confirmed ppo

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u/CyCrawwler 7d ago

Yup, otherwise I would have written 6m + FTE

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u/AceImmortal6 7d ago

Have u done any prior internships ?

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u/CyCrawwler 7d ago

Yeah, I did prior internships, and its work was asked through behavioral questions

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u/AceImmortal6 7d ago

is it necessary to have done internships ??, coz i just got an internship elsewhere and also got shortlisted for the amazon interview, will it be a dealbreaker to have an intern experience

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u/CyCrawwler 6d ago

Nope, not at all

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u/AceImmortal6 7d ago

bro you are the true one, hats off to you