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Systems Development Engineer Interview

30 Jan 2023

Anonymous employee

London, England

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System Development Engineer Interview

6 Feb 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

Helsinki, Southern Finland

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Systems Development Engineer Interview

30 Jan 2023

Anonymous employee

London, England

Other Systems Development Engineer interview reviews for Amazon Web Services

System Development Engineer Interview

6 Feb 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

Helsinki, Southern Finland

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (London, England) in Jan 2022

Interview

1 Phone Screen followed by 5 on-site interviews. 1 Coding interview 1 Systems Design interview 1 Linux troubleshooting interview The rest were leadership principles. After completing the interviews the recruiter informed me of a decision within 2 days.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Tell me about a time you had to make decisions under pressure.

1 Answer

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Helsinki, Southern Finland)

Interview

In the interview, I answered behavioural questions, discuss my previous experience, and demonstrate my coding skills through a portal. Tell me about a time you took responsibility for a problem outside your role.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Tell me about a time you took responsibility for a problem outside your role.

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System Development Engineer Interview

17 Jul 2025

Anonymous interview candidate

Denver, CO

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Denver, CO) in Jul 2025

Interview

You get an email to take two hacker rank problems to take on your own time. Just practice your coding skills and hacker rank problem solving. At the end of it you take a 10 minute long behavior questionnaire.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

They asked two standard leetcode questions

1 Answer

System Development Engineer Interview

1 Nov 2024

Anonymous interview candidate

Dublin, Dublin

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Dublin, Dublin) in Oct 2024

Interview

The recruiter reached out to me and gave me the assessment from Hackerrank. After that I performed the hackerrank exam and I did well but later got an email that they are not moving forward

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

String manupulation Hackerrank question on DataStructures

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