The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2010
Interview
Completely depersonalized process. Received what appeared to be a form email from Amazon.com technical recruiter asking to setup a time for a telephone interview. The technical recruiter did not respond to my requests for more information and as a result misclassified my expertise. This resulted in a very awkward telephone interview experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you optimally sort an unsorted random list of numbers by using multiple computers.
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