I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Nov 2013
Interview
After applying online, I was asked to submit a solution for a challenge problem sent to my email, afterwards there was 3 screening phone calls, then I went to an onsite interview (3 technical interviews, 2 HR).
During the interviews I was asked about programming languages, networking, threading, troubleshooting production systems, data structures and programming puzzles.
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