Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3,651 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Developer according to 3,651 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Mar 2017
Interview
I applied through employee referral.
First Round was very easy. 7 Debugging Questions. Very Straight Forward and Reasoning Questions. It was easy. I heard back within 1 Day for next round.
Second Round was the online coding challenge. It was easy. 2 Coding Question. It was on linked list and Array. I did it and I got a call for the final round after 4 days.
The third round was a telephonic interview. It was easy. An interviewer asked me two question. It was easy and I did well. But after 4 days I got a rejection.
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Question 1
Prepare for basic data structure concept array, linked list, stacks, and queues.
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.
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Question 1
They asked dsa questions like trapping rain water and a stack question similar to valid parenthesis.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
first round was leetcode for 1hour, got easy 2 questions
then final round has 2 leetcode session and 1 system design and 1 lld session. each session has also leadership principle.
Leetcode questions was easy-medium.
Leadership principle was hard
I had issue with screensharing it wasted 10-15 min during the first round of interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
leet code - array and string questions. easy and medium level
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.