I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
I was forwarded directly to a phone interview without completing the coding challenge/assessment. It was a one-on-one phone interview that mainly went over my work history and what I'd done, what I'd learned, etc. There was a coding question right at the end. My main complaint was that the coding question was confusing and not well stated. The interviewer tried to explain, but it just wasn't well explained, despite my preparation with prior Amazon coding questions from other online sources. He also cut me off after just a couple minutes. So it ended up being frustratingly not a test of coding ability or logic really as much as it was a test of how to deal with a badly worded coding challenge in a small amount of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe what you've learned from your most recent software development experiences.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.