Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 73 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 73 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Nov 2015
Interview
Weeks after applying online, I received the link for Amazon's online assessment. The assessment consisted of 7 debugging questions to be completed in 20 minutes. I successfully debugged each code fragment and was contacted for a final technical phone interview a few days later. There were two questions, both of which were relatively easy (nothing more difficult than tree traversal). I was able to answer the first question pretty quickly but took some time to optimize it, and then struggled with the second question only getting the chance to agree on a solution with the interviewer but not code it up. I received a rejection email a few days later. It was a good experience and my interviewer was great, working collaboratively with me to find a solution.
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, São Paulo) 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