Software Engineer -2 applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer -2 roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Engineer -2 according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 14%
Personality test: 10%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2021
Interview
4 rounds, 1 hour each. Two rounds a day for 2 days.
Recruiter contacted me first. First round interview was online assessment which was pretty hard I had seen the problems before so I passed.
Final round is the hardest with 4 interviewers asking questions on leadership principles, leetcode medium and hard problems, and one system design question.
I got a screening interview at hackerank, I had to solve a problem with Arrays, after that you need to complete 2 behavioral questionaries, they care about the Amazon values when answering those questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Nov 2025
Interview
After clearing online test there are 4 Rounds 2 were DSA, 1 low level and 1 high level system design with medium to hard questions Duration of interview is 45-60 mins
First I spoke to a recruiter, I was sent an online assessment, I passed and then did a virtual interview which I did well but didn't pass, I do think I failed the cultural match and not technical abilities.