The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
1 hour phone interview. nice contact. Did not ask very much about me, answered questions about the company with pleasure.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
- How did you come to the idea of working for amazon?
- Tell me about a project, where you were project leader - what was difficult, what did you learn, how did you master the situation?
- What is an object?
- Diff abstract class / interface
- What's wrong with java? If you'd have the chance to change something in java, what would it be?
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