or an Amazon/AWS Network Development Engineer (NDE) role, the interview process is usually designed to test three things:
Deep networking knowledge
Problem-solving and design skills
Be prepared to explain:
Network projects you've designed
Biggest outage you've handled
Routing and switching experience
Phone screening:
I was interviewed for this job role and was asked about my ongoing experience and projects. After describing about my current job role, the interviewer picked up few questions and asked me about it. Each question I answered, was later turning into deep discussion. I answered the questions using STAR method. Later, the interviewer asked me technical questions on Networking concepts like TCP/IP, OSPF and BGP.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Sydney) in May 2026
Interview
Asked about the Routing & Switch, BGP, TCP/IP protocols, MSS and MTU
some python Automation related questions and then behavioral questions . The interview was about 75 min long.
Given a BGP IBGP and EBGP topology and path manipulation also about the different attributes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about the automation project that i did in my current role.