Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% 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 46 days to get hired, when considering 24 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Developer according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 31%
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2013
Interview
Two phone interviews with coding.
Then invited to for an on-site interview.
About 4 interviews in a row, starting at like 2pm.
Questions were coding questions, specifically on permutations, hash tables, recursion and basic CS good coding practices (asked for definitions)
I dont believe that amazon is would be a fun or enjoyable place to work. Many of the people there were far to serious and your experience working there seems dependent on the manager / team you end up on, like a luck of the draw sort of thing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find substring in string.
give complexity for time
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.
Recruiter screen, followed by an online coding assessment and then a technical phone interview. The final round was a virtual onsite loop with multiple interviews covering data structures, system design, debugging, and Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical questions were practical but time-constrained, and the behavioural questions required specific examples using the STAR format.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a scalable URL shortening service and explain how you would handle high read traffic, collisions, database schema, expiration, and basic monitoring.