Software Engineer 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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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Apply -> OA (Online Assessment) -> Final Phone Interview (On Chime). Final interview has two behavioral questions and one difficult coding problem (mine was not a leetcode question but formatted similar to one)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you were behind schedule on a project and knew you wouldn't meet a deadline, how did you approach it, and what was the result?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2025
Interview
Applied career site, and recruiter reached out to me with some questions. Then I got online assessment link. I was asked two questions and some system design and behavioural assessments.
First, chat with recruiter who will connect you with more recruiters to chat about. A bit of a mess on the recruiting side.
First round is a hybrid (typically coding + system design/coding + behavioral).
Coding is on an online Coderpad, but not expected to run execution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your most technically complex project.