I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Feb 2014
Interview
Got contacted by an Amazon recruiter via LinkedIn for a position in Seattle - they were doing superdays in NYC. During the interview - met with 4 people. The interview process is casual, but they type everything in as they talk to you. They present you with real issues from their experience and ask how you would solve them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you design the system to allow users to rent movies on-demand, provided that all movies are already stored on a company ftp server.
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