I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2020
Interview
Initial Screening:
Call with the SDE engineer from the team that I was interviewing for. Behavioral question (15-20 mins) + Algorithmic question based on Binary trees. (Path between two nodes)
Virtual On-screen Interview:
Round 1(Bar Raiser): In-depth behavioral questions (25-30 mins). String manipulation question to incorporate discount calculations.
Round 2: 50 mins coding question (To create a library/ package to implement functionality similar to couple of Linux commands ) + 10mins behavioral questions
Round 3: 20mins behavioral + 40 mins Singly Linked List manipulation based on their positions.
Round 4: 15mins Behavioral + 45 mins object-oriented design based question for a library system
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Algorithmic question based on Binary trees. (Path between two nodes)
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