I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2021
Interview
Three OAs as many others have described already (debugging, 2 LCs, and a work simulation). One 45m final round with an Amazon SDE who asked a two LP behaviorals and one technical question. Waitlisted 4 days after interview, about 10 days after that I was given the option to ask for a Fall internship instead of summer. I expressed interest in this and got an offer two days later.
Process itself was rather long (Applied in October, recieved first OA in early Jan, interviewed mid Feb, offer early March). However, I was very impressed with the speed and quality of communication with recruiters whenever I had a question or asked for an update. Made the interview process feel quite personal and respectful despite knowing the scale of their hiring operations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3sum - find all unique triplets in an array that sum to a given value
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 (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