Jr SDE applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Jr SDE roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Jr SDE according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 11%
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Sent application, did one way interview purely behavioral, then asked for more information about my goals (like a cover letter with more structure), then had a 1 hour interview (technical/leetcode and behavioral) then a 3 hour final interview where there was 3 interviewers and each interview was 45 minutes followed by a 15 minute break.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort string without any repeating adjacent characters.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Detroit, MI) in Feb 2025
Interview
Involves leetcode medium style questions along with lps. There are multiple rounds so be sure to prepare your dsa fundamentals and have a clear understanding of Amazon’s leadership principles. There will be multiple rounds consisting of these things.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode medium questions in oa along with a question on lps
first round simple coding question with followups, second round 3 back to back loops of Leetcode mediums (all common interview questions in the Leetcode 150). Also one generic behavioral question per loop, something like "tell me a time you challenged yourself" or "how do you learn new skills".