Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Development Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Kyiv, ) in Jan 2017
Interview
2 interviews with algorithm questions. Might be 1 per interview or 2 less complex. 1 expirience interview and 1 motivation. The last one is about your attitude and willingness to work in a bit more beyond normal expectaion. Also they are trying to map candidates to Leadership Principles of Amazon, asking question that can prove you have/dont have one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algo questions to check knowledge of data structs like map, heap, tree, graph and some basic technics like sorting, traversal, LRU cache
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