I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2013
Interview
There were two interviews, both with actual software engineers at Amazon. The first one wasn't too scary; the interviewer even asked which topic of data structures I felt most comfortable with. And so he asked a question in that area. Normally, they ask 2-3 questions in one interview, but I only got through one question. The second interview was a little tougher, and it was an actual coding problem which I had to complete on a blackboard,
Definitely know your Data Structures, and go over those Acing Programming Interview books.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was a specific sorting question about sorting certain chunks in an array. I had to write it out and then the efficiency of the program was asked as well.
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