Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 423 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 423 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Presentation: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Skills test: 12%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Other: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Mar 2019
Interview
1st round relatively easy, 2nd round more challenging (on-site, close to the waterfront skytrain stn).
1st round was a online coding test for 90 min (2 questions with analysis), about easy-medium difficulty.
2nd interview was a 5-rounder lasting 5 hours with 1-hour lunch break. A LOT of behavioral questions, I mean A LOT. "Give an example where you.....". In later rounds I was getting numb answering these questions so I started to gaie answers like "I don't have such examples..." Algorithms Qs were around medium-difficult levels. I didn't prepare well so the outcome was expected.
One thing I noticed was almost all the interviewers were typing like crazy during the process. They were very good at multi-tasking though, because even with all the typing they were still following what I was talking about or writing on the white-board. So I guess they were probably super-busy or maybe had to do a lot of interviews...
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Question 1
All the behavioral questions you can or cannot think of.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together