Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2015
Interview
I submitted my application on line several months ago, and Amazon contacted me at the end of October via email. I was invited to take an online assessment first. The first round contained some logic questions and few debugging questions. There was a coding section as well. After 1 day completing this, I got an email inviting me to do OA 2. It was harder than OA 1 especially for the behavioral tests. I'm still waiting for the result.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were about your coding skill, your smartness, your ability to respond when facing problems, etc.
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