I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cambridge, England) in Feb 2020
Interview
I interviewed for a developer position in Cambridge (UK). The on-site interview consisted of 4 rounds, each with different people -- engineers and managers. Each interview lasted about an hour and was divided equally between behavioural questions (based on the company's so-called "leadership principals") and a technical problem that I had to solve on a whiteboard. One of the technical questions revolved around system design, the rest were typical programming / algorithmic problems one would expect at software engineering interviews.
My overall experience was neutral toward slightly negative. While about half of the interviewers were really friendly and approachable, the others came across as arrogant or bored. In the end I did not get an offer, but even if I did, I'm not entirely convinced that I would have wanted to work with some of the people I met throughout the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What design considerations should be had in mind for delivering an OTA update to millions of customer devices?
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.