I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2015
Interview
First interview was a technical phone screen. No NDA so I can discuss. Asked to discuss linked lists vs arrays, binary search tree. how to add an item, etc, advantages of one over the other. performance, big O, etc. Finally was asked to write code to check if a tree was a binary search tree
Other Software Development Engineer I interview reviews for Amazon
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 (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