I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2013
Interview
The onsite interview started at 9:00. At first, two senior engineers brought me to a small room. There's no warmup question. They gave me a graph question and then asked me some behavioral questions. Then other people came in and went out. There were four different meetings, testing object-oriented, algorithms, and system design question. Each meeting lasted for 45 minutes.
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