Developer 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screening followed by a technical assessment. After that, there was a loop of four interviews including coding, system design, and behavioral rounds. The coding rounds focused on problem solving and data structures, while the system design round evaluated how I approach scalable backend or service architecture. The behavioral round focused on collaboration, ownership, and past project experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a scalable system to process and retrieve large volumes of data efficiently.
Multiple interviews post a online assessment. Assessment wasn't very difficult, likely harder than the actual interview questions. Had interviews rescheduled multiple times. Standard coding interview questions but really dragged out interview process with each interview having some sort of questions like that lasting hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you experienced conflict with a coworker.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Taipeh) in Aug 2025
Interview
The format was a technical interview combined with some behavioral questions.
During the interview, the interviewer asked algorithm and problem-solving questions. I was expected to explain my thinking process while solving the problem and discuss time and space complexity.
The interviewer also asked a few behavioral questions related to past experience and problem solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Solve an algorithmic problem involving merge intervals.
Explain the time complexity of the solution.