I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Mar 2020
Interview
After applying via Amazon Careers website, a recruiter got in contact 7 days later. The phone interview was scheduled 4 weeks later. This interview entailed of a few questions based on the leadership principles and basic computer science fundamentals, and then a coding session.
Got feedback 2 days later with success to proceed to the Onsite interview.
The onsite interview was scheduled 4 weeks later. The onsite interview was actually conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview consisted of 5 sessions (1 hour per session): 2 sessions based on leadership principles, 2 coding sessions and 1 session on system design.
The entire process was quite pleasant. The recruiter was very thorough in explaining the expectations for each phase of the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Check if a binary tree is a BST
2. Check if a bracket expression is balanced
3. Tell me of a time where you did something completely out of your comfort zone.
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.