I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
1. Phone screen with recruiter
2. Take-home leetcode questions
3. Onsite which included a leetcode hard, two system design questions, and a leadership interview. There was roughly 3-4 weeks in between each round, with no way to speed it up.
One of the interviewers on the on-site did not pay attention until the last ten minutes of the hour, and asked questions about things I had described in length during my coding.
When I was denied, they refused to offer any feedback, making interviewing at Amazon a waste of time.
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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