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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Begins with an online application and resume screening, followed by an initial recruiter phone or video call to assess background, role fit, and motivation. Successful candidates move on to one or more phone or video interviews that combine behavioral questions and role-specific technical or functional questions, all closely tied to Amazon’s Leadership Principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how React’s state and props work, and to walk through how I would optimize a React component to prevent unnecessary re-renders (for example, using memoization techniques like React.memo or useCallback
2 Rounds of Interview online, Super Day with 4 rounds of 1 hour interviews ,each containing one Leetcode medium/hard. plus behavioral questions as well. Additionally one system design round in which I was asked to design a marketplace search function
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you needed to challenge a manager.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2025
Interview
Initially took the OA then received the interview email 5 months later. Interviewed with 3 people. One was a behavioral round, one was a design round, and the other was a leetcode style question. One interviewer was not helpful due to them not being experienced in python while I was taking the test in python.