Software Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Applied online via the company careers page. Received a reply from HR within a few weeks inviting me to an initial
screening call over Teams. Process also included an online coding assessment sent as a pre-interview step.
Communication from HR was professional, prompt, and friendly throughout the scheduling stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard background and motivation questions — what attracted me to the company, and a walk-through of recent
Online assessment then virtual technical interview about 3 months later. Technical interview had 3 coding questions to answer while sharing screen. The technical interview is split across different people and can be split into different time as well.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
1 month long interview process. Required technical assessment and also behavioral interviews where the team was interested in how you worked and what your personality was like. Technical assessment weren’t too long and had basic to advanced questions.