I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2014
Interview
I applied through Amazon.jobs and was contacted a month later by a recruiter. I was given instructions for an on-campus interview. I had to clarify twice because the information was confusing and sometimes downright incorrect. I wasn't very impressed with the organization. The interviews themselves each had a few behavioral questions followed by a coding problem on a whiteboard. These were irritating as they gave a small whiteboard to write a lot of code.
Overall I was unimpressed by company culture and values.
They got back to me a few days later.
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