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. I interviewed at Amazon (Vancouver, BC) in Apr 2025
Interview
LP, Coding and LLD
- order can vary based on people I talked to
- LP most important by far be prepared to go very in depth into your examples/scenarios - will ask follow up questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you had to research something new
I did a technical interview and passed it. I waited a long time for the next stage but due to seasonal hiring reasons, the final stage never took place. The interview was fast.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2022
Interview
There were four rounds of interviews, including system design and data & algorithm questions.
The data-related questions focused more on whether the candidate had a solid understanding of data structures.
Overall, the difficulty was moderate, but the answers regarding data structures were not very strong.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The system design question required designing a notification system