Amazon System Engineer interview questions
Updated May 14, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 18%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
99 interviews
Amazon interviews FAQs
- System Engineer 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 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for System Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 70 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 System Engineer according to 70 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 14%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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