SDET-2 Amazon Interview Process

Total 6 - 7 rounds including an online assessment.

1st Round: Online Assessment [Duration - approximately 2 hours]

The online assessment is held on the HackerRank portal and consists of:

a. 2 coding questions - 90 minutes duration - Each coding question will have 15 hidden test cases.

b. MCQ-based System Design case studies.

c. MCQ-based behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles, followed by a survey.

d. The online assessment will be assigned to an SDE/SDET at Amazon to perform a manual code review. The decision to move the candidate to further rounds will be based on the code reviewer's approval.

2nd Round [Optional]: Phone Screen Round [Duration - 1 hour]

Depending on the team/organization, some may conduct a phone screen round.

a. 1 Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) question (The interviewer checks the time complexity of the solution).

b. 1 Leadership Principle (LP) question.

c. [Optional] Test framework-related questions or designing a test framework.

3rd Round: Coding Round [Duration - 1 hour]

a. Two DSA questions (medium to hard questions). The interviewer looks for an optimized solution.

b. Write maintainable and production-ready code.

c. 1 LP question.

4th Round: Test Automation & Test Planning Round [Duration - 1 hour]

a. Questions related to test automation & automation framework design. b. Test planning, test strategy, automation strategy, and test cases.

c. 1 LP question.

5th Round: Design Round [Duration - 1 hour]

a. High-Level Design (HLD) round - Mostly around the test service or automation frameworks. Depending on the teams, some may ask for test service design, and some may simply ask for test automation framework design.

b. The candidate should come up with a scalable solution and discuss trade-offs.

c. If time permits, Low-Level Design (LLD).

d. 1 LP question.

6th Round: Hiring Manager Round [Duration - 1 hour]

a. 4-5 LP questions. The interviewer may ask more questions based on your response. Try to answer based on your previous experiences.

b. Checks whether the candidate is a good team fit.

c. [Optional] Any question related to any of the above rounds - test planning, automation strategy, test cases, coding.

7th Round: Bar Raiser Round [Duration - 1 hour]

a. 5 behavioral questions related to LPs. The interviewer may ask more questions based on your response. Try to answer based on your previous experiences.

b. Any question from these topics - Design, Automation strategy, Coding.