Sr. Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 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.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
Recruiter reached out on linkedin
First round was an online Assessment. All the test cases need to pass for proceeding to onsite directly
Onsite interview with 4 different rounds. The recruiter got back with the feedback quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You had a great idea but was not supported
Leetcode questions
Shortest path , BFS, DFS
System design: Design an API to play music from Alexa/computer/mobile, with feature to start from where stopped previously
Amazon's hiring, at least in my experience, was a very well oiled machine. I went out into the market in April/May and not all the big companies were as pleasant to interact with. The process was really good, and efficient – I got answers and decisions quickly. The interviewers helped improve on my solution and were constructive in their feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard questions from HackerRank, Leetcode with some variation but nothing that you can't handle. Don't underestimate the behavioral part, practice STAR questions.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
One should be able to solve test task online (similar to what may be found at HackerRank) plus answer soft skills questions (would you like to take tight deadlines etc.)
In case of previous step was successful, one will have an online coding session with a supervisor.