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 through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Referred by friends, the process took 2 weeks. After you finish an online assessment, there is a phone interview which takes around 50 minutes. There is no on site interview for intern position, if you pass the phone interview you get the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing difficult, I guess they expect you to finish the problem fast and without bug. And some questions like difference between Arraylist and linkedlist, what is stack, etc.
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