Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 15%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 3%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2019
Interview
Interview process was pretty disorganized and slow. At one point after not hearing from the recruiter for over a week I was asked if I would be available for an in person interview the next day. I had to politely explain that being physically located across the country without any flight already booked, would make that impossible.
The interview itself consisted of a phone interview involving a shared screen coding problem that took about 1 hour. The in person interview was pretty standard, and involved lots of architecture questions, a 1 hour coding question, and going to lunch with one team member.
The interview itself was not bad, but the process leading up to it was extremely disorganized.
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 (São Paulo, SP) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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