I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2013
Interview
I submitted my resume in a school job fair and got reject. But, HR man emailed me to invite the final on-site interview.
In the interview, I met 2 teammates and got one task each. While solving the task, we needed to meet 4 interviews to talk about the task I was doing.
To solve my question, I need to use Map. I got rejected from the interview. I think my way to use Map is not good as other members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember exactly because the description of that is too long to remember. The problem seems like real issues of Amazon, not like simple data structure and algorithm questions. I need to use Map effectively.
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.