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%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Londra, Inghilterra) in Jun 2022
Interview
Take Home Test => Phone Interview => Final round virtual interview
Take Home Test consists of 2 questions (1 easy, 1 more difficult) and some character fit questions.
Final round virtual interview (4 hours with 1 hour break in between). 3 rounds were coding, with 1 system design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Dynamic programming problems
And a problem around code cleanliness and refactoring.
Be prepared to practice a lot of Leetcode, some of these questions are exactly the same but reworded.
And constantly speak out loud with your thought process and ask them if you are going down the right path
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 (San Paolo del Brasile, ) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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