I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The recruiter reached out to me.After submitting the resume, gave the assessment. I also passed the assessment, but the recruiter said, she cannot guarantee an interview, (kinda weird!) but later on after my resume was selected by the SDM, they scheduled my interview.
had 3 rounds: 1st all lps, 2nd: 1 OOPS and lps (this guy asked me everything based on my resume). 3rd round: 1 lc a very weird string problem(managed to brute force it).
overall the interview scheduling was smooth and practice sessions were good, but the coding sessions didn't help much. The interviewers were kinda rude and seemed uninterested in the conversations.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.