I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2011
Interview
I was contacted for a SDE position for a web-based product after a recruiter found my resume on the Web. I indicated to the recruiter that I did not have professional web development experience; she said it didn't matter. In later technical interviews it kinda did matter when I was asked to brainstorm a design for some web app and I just feel time was wasted on both sides.
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