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Amazon QAE / SDET Interview Guide (1970)

Amazon expects production-quality coding from QAEs and a strong Leadership Principles story for every round. The bar-raiser is the make-or-break interview — never skip behavioral prep.

Last updated: June 1970

Amazon QAE loop

RoundFocus
Online assessment2 coding + work simulation
Phone screenCoding + 2 LP stories
Onsite 1Test design + LP
Onsite 2Coding + LP
Bar RaiserDeep LP + culture

Sample questions

  • Write code to validate UPC codes; then design its test suite.
  • How would you test the 1-Click checkout flow end-to-end?
  • Tell me a time you delivered when you didn't have all the information (LP: Bias for Action).
  • Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager and went the other way (LP: Have Backbone).

Prep schedule

4 weeks: LeetCode (Amazon-tagged) + 16 STAR stories mapped to Amazon's 16 LPs + 3 mock interviews.

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