Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2,542 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 Development Engineer according to 2,542 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Los Angeles, CA) in Jul 2019
Interview
There was a coding assessment online with two questions. First question was relatively simple and took ~10 minutes to fully complete. Second question was more complicated, but still only took ~30 minutes.
Was invited for an on-site interview after the coding assessment. The on-site interview consisted of 5 rounds and a lunch break (probably a personality test). Most interview rounds consisted of behavioral questions followed by a single technical question. It was unclear to me whether more questions would follow had I solved the questions faster, as the interviewers did not say much in response to "thinking out loud" unless you were asking a clarification question. The technical questions were similar to ones you would find on HackerRank or leetcode -- I suspect that leetcode actually has the vast majority of the problems stored somewhere if you pay to play. The interviewers did not give any indication as to whether or not you had solved the problem correctly, and would only ask questions at the end about potential optimizations, or time / space complexity. There was also a pretty open ended system design question which required coming up with relevant database tables. Questions on actual implementation were pretty light, and some hand-waving was seemingly allowed.
I personally thought I did rather well on the interview questions, especially the technical ones. I ended up being ghosted by the Amazon recruiters after this process, to which I must assume means I did not get the job, but nobody ever bothered to tell me despite several attempts to follow up. My interviewers were largely courteous, enthusiastic, and patient people and I appreciate having the opportunity to interface with them. I would have considered this a highly positive learning experience otherwise.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time you stepped in to help a struggling teammate
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 (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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