Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Developer according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 22%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2011
Interview
Cleared two rounds of interview. The questions were not so difficult. expects programming skills. have to write down the code in short time. the interviewer kept buzzing, not giving enough time to think about the solution. it was like kind of disturbing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult questions as such, but testing basic programming skills
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
first round was leetcode for 1hour, got easy 2 questions
then final round has 2 leetcode session and 1 system design and 1 lld session. each session has also leadership principle.
Leetcode questions was easy-medium.
Leadership principle was hard
I had issue with screensharing it wasted 10-15 min during the first round of interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
leet code - array and string questions. easy and medium level
The interview was basically a screening round, It was just a quick interview to get to know if I was worth the company's time. The dsa round was pretty easy but once they got into system design it was harder.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked dsa questions like trapping rain water and a stack question similar to valid parenthesis.
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.