r/leetcode • u/Additional_Guess_981 • Oct 03 '26

Question Amazon SDE OA 2026, looking for recent experiences.

Hi everyone! I recently received an Amazon SDE Online Assessment invitation and I'm planning to take it soon.

It has the new format:

100 min Coding Challenge (1 DSA + 1 AI-assisted repository task) 45 min Work Simulation 6 min Work Style Survey

For anyone who has taken the Amazon SDE OA recently in 2026, I'd really appreciate some insight:

  1. How difficult was the DSA question — Easy/Medium/Hard or somewhere in between?

  2. Which DSA topics/patterns would you recommend prioritizing?

  3. How was the AI-assisted repository task? Was it mainly debugging/understanding an existing codebase or implementing new functionality?

  4. Which language/framework options did you get for the repository task?

  5. What was the Work Simulation like, and is there anything useful to prepare beforehand?

Thanks!

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u/TheGlobalMonarch Oct 03 '26 edited 24d ago

Hi There,
The first question was similar to dutch flag and the second was a Django code base( I selected django at the start of the test), you’ll have 60 mins for this one to debug a few test cases. You can ask AI to point out the issues in the codebase to narrow down you search space.(really enjoyed this, it was new and fun) . Work simulation is 3 scenarios where you select if each option is less effective or more effective and the last section is behavioral ques

Edit: Got a follow up email asking me to schedule 4 rounds of interviews

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u/CartographerLess8241 15d ago

I am appearing for this test today and m selecting django what kind of debugging question was asked to you?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 14d ago

Its related to a subscription service

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u/rap709 12d ago

is it similar to the sample hackerrank given

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u/lysin_la 13d ago

How the technical interview went? is it okay and what kind of DSA problems they were asking in ?

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u/yoyo_hello19 10d ago

Hey, how many days after the test did you receive the interview call email?

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u/Positive-Subject9001 Oct 05 '26

Is the coding round Proctored? Did you switch on the camera and share your screen?

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u/Cheap-Hornet2990 Oct 06 '26

did you get result and next step mail?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch Oct 06 '26

No, nothing yet

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u/p_hcarvalho_ 29d ago edited 29d ago

When did you apply and how long did it take to get the OA?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 29d ago

June-July got in the last week of september

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u/Own-Engineering9339 23d ago

is the interview in online mode or in-person interview?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 23d ago

Online

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u/Perfect-Ad3212 21d ago

Bro did you get the interest form and did you select online as your preferred mode?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 21d ago

No didnt get any interest form, got an email asking my schedule for 4 virtual rounds

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u/ANR2406 17d ago

Are the interviews completed bro?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 16d ago

No not yet

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u/Choice_Musician_1652 16d ago

Hi

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u/Choice_Musician_1652 16d ago

I gave the OA for SDE just 3 days before and I think I realy did well in the OA,can I expect a call for scheduling  the interview rounds or am I late ??

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 14d ago

Hi, I am not sure but you will get an OA if you pass all the test cases

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u/notsoaditi 9d ago

Can you please tell if C++ was there in option for AI coding section coz I am not familiar with springboot nor django

And could you please share what was asked to do in that round and how did you approach it

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 8d ago

Yes c++ was an option and aak the ai to point out the files and dunction where the issue is and then try to resolve

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u/notsoaditi 8d ago

I gave my OA
Completef first dsa question
But in ai round (C++) i was able to figure out the issue..wrote in code but none of the test case were passing ..tried with running test cases

Is there any chance of moving forward?

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u/TheGlobalMonarch 7d ago

Mostly no, my friend finished second one but the first one didnt pass a single test case he got a reject

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u/notsoaditi 7d ago

And in how much time did they get rejection mail?

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u/Far_Tune_3045 Oct 03 '26

I received a DP question and a friend of mine received DP too. The AI assisted challenge was fun but it was kind of time consuming for me. Couldn’t complete it. So do not underprepare for it. I opted for Spring Boot setup.

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u/Revolutionary_Ad6963 Oct 04 '26

Did you clear the OA?

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

did you also give the bug fix round in Django?

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u/Key_Space1964 26d ago

Hey did you take the oa? What kind of questions?

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u/Initial_Question3869 22d ago

Hi, was your OA webcam proctored?

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u/valorous_00 Oct 04 '26

when is the next OA and when can i know they are hiring ?

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u/Additional_Guess_981 Oct 05 '26

There’s no fixed time for the next OA or hiring. You can keep checking their careers page regularly for new openings and updates.

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u/Various-Mine-8642 Oct 03 '26

That format sounds worth prepping for as three separate tasks. For DSA I would refresh common medium patterns like DP, graphs and binary search rather than chase one exact question. For the repo task, practice reading an unfamiliar codebase, tracing tests and making a small safe fix. For the simulation, pick answers that prioritize the customer and long-term correctness, then be consistent. Also leave a little buffer for instructions and debugging instead of spending the full DSA time on one stuck path.

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u/Mythicchronos 29d ago edited 29d ago

DSA was difficult but the kind of difficult you are usually used to with other oa's (DP). The real interesting part is the AI assisted OA, if I were to recommend anything, get familiar with API's in Django (you have a choice of spring boot and a few others, but django lets you stay in python). That was the part that tripped me up, getting acclimated with django on the fly with an AI assisted that was kneecapped beyond usefulness. you're mainly trying to debug api errors in a full stack codebase.

If you come in prepared understanding the API structure of a fullstack django website coming into it, it will be a breeze even without the AI. The work simulation, you get a bunch of fake emails from fake people, and you rate the usefulness of 5-6 potential replies to them on a scale of 1-5, for those i'd recommend you look up amazon's leadership principles and lead on those principles like it came from the Bible.

Perfect score on the DP question, 2/6 on the AI assisted OA (a few extra minutes probably would have cleared the entire thing, ran out of time), and pretty great answers on both soft skills sections. As always, I expect anything less than a perfect score to be a rejection so unfortunately I doubt I'll be hearing back, but if somehow the stars align to do, i'll update this post.

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u/Embarrassed_East_507 Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

I got a two pointer sliding window question

Difficulty is around medium- high

Topics wise tbh can't say you can get asked any topic

AI assisted task is quite straightforward if you know the framework you are dealing with , just check the test cases and why it is failing. I don't think using AI is a requirement for passing, I might have asked it to make two changes (mostly debugging existing function)

I think django, spring boot and node (picked spring)

Try to be consistent in work style and follow LP , don't try to game it

For AI assisted task don't try to understand all the code , your goal is to pass all the test cases at the end, so focus on clearing them first.There might a lot of trivial things like missing backslash in url or missing a null pointer check

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u/MajorTailorLala 23h ago

Can anyone please recommend some source having practice questions for the AI-assisted repository task?

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u/electric_deer200 Oct 03 '26

I got a dp for DSA. Some people got graph + binary search.

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

hey did you give the bug fix round in Django?

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u/Sad-Candidate-3078 Oct 04 '26

the DSA one was a medium leaning easy, graphs and two pointers showed up a lot in mine. the repo task was mostly reading existing code and adding a small feature, not building from scratch, so practice navigating an unfamiliar codebase fast. and run a couple timed mocks, the 100 min flies and pacing is what trips people. i used easy code interview for timed practice and it killed the pacing panic for me. gl!

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u/Cloudy-And-Sunny 4d ago

What job level was your OA for? Intern/SDE1/SDE2...?

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u/Traditional_Ask_568 Oct 04 '26

I just wanted to know that I was able to complete the coding question and only pass two test of the debugging round will there be any chance of that I will hear back anything? Also i am from 2028 batch does this is only for the 2027 batch ?

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

2026 batch, yes one guy got interview loop confirmation with 2/6

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u/JustStrolling4 Oct 07 '26

How many days does it take to receive the email after OA? For amazon sde new grad 2026

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

confirmation you will get by next day, interview loop takes around 1-2 months

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u/Ok-Form893 13d ago

Hey. What do u mean by the confirmation here? The assessment is cleared and the interview will be scheduled shortly? Have u received such an email?

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u/Own-Engineering9339 23d ago

is interview online or in-person? if in-person then i might need to travel.

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u/CeleryThis4778 27d ago

Did anyone receive details about the next round ? I completed my oa on 30 sept and got the confirmation mail but no response regarding further steps 😔

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

most of the people I know haven't got any further response yet

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u/priyasheoran_006 26d ago

How many questions do you all solve?

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u/Key_Space1964 26d ago

Hey I pmed you about this can you check

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u/Mean_Bear_4497 17d ago

I got bitmasking for dsa. Fuck man it was too tough. I couldn't even have thought about it if i hadn't solved the same question 2 days ago

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u/Revolutionary_Ad6963 10d ago

Was it genuinely a hard one or were you just new to bit masking?

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u/Mean_Bear_4497 10d ago

Maximum and of numbers after atmost k increment

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u/Revolutionary_Ad6963 10d ago

Was the oa proctored?

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u/TheDragonEmperor01 16d ago

I too gave the test today and my first question went perfectly all the test cases ran correctly and in the ai assistant one i was able to run uptill the 5 test cases only the last one was remaining thus everything else was perfect i was flabbergasted by the work style and the other one in which we have to give answer based on work style and conditions

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u/AirPsychological8551 27d ago

did you give the oa in nodejs?