I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in May 2011
Interview
Amazon visited my campus for interviews. They conducted a written test with multiple choice questions. The questions were based on basic computer science and math. The candidates who passed this round were given a programming problem. The candidates who cleared this, had five rounds of interview. After this, offers were made to the selected candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe red-black trees. Explain how to implement insert and delete functions on red-black trees.
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