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%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Mar 2020
Interview
After applying via Amazon Careers website, a recruiter got in contact 7 days later. The phone interview was scheduled 4 weeks later. This interview entailed of a few questions based on the leadership principles and basic computer science fundamentals, and then a coding session.
Got feedback 2 days later with success to proceed to the Onsite interview.
The onsite interview was scheduled 4 weeks later. The onsite interview was actually conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview consisted of 5 sessions (1 hour per session): 2 sessions based on leadership principles, 2 coding sessions and 1 session on system design.
The entire process was quite pleasant. The recruiter was very thorough in explaining the expectations for each phase of the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Check if a binary tree is a BST
2. Check if a bracket expression is balanced
3. Tell me of a time where you did something completely out of your comfort zone.
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