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 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 37 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 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Personality test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
One phone call to schedule the interview was followed by another and another. Not only was the time and date changing each time, but also who I would be interviewing with.
By the time I was able to find someone to conduct the interview, it ended up being so rushed and short that I was wondering what the point of even doing it at all.
At the end I was told by the interviewer that she would contact me again shortly, but that never happened.
Obviously there was a lot of internal confusion or miscommunication throughout the whole process. Not sure how common this is.
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