Language Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 23% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Language Engineer roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Language Engineer according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 21%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 2%
Background check: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Dec 2025
Interview
One round of 1 hour phone screen, and a final loop consisting of four 1-hour rounds. Coding questions and a lot of LP questions are covered. It lasts around a month to finish the interview. Messy organization. Only one interviewer is from the team, while the rest of them are not. The questions asked covered a wide range of topics in NLP, and the coding is more like CS algorithmic thinking. The skills tested are totally different from what's mentioned on JD and the preparation materials sent by their HR
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
find a target value in a matrix and calculate the computing efficiency
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
This was probably the worst experience of my professional life. The recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn to share the job description and requested a few details. After that, he would call me randomly throughout the day without scheduling the calls.
Moving forward, they scheduled a "Meet the Team" call to help me understand the company's culture, but nobody showed up for the call. I was informed that the person they selected had meetings to attend, which felt odd.
Later, I had my first interview scheduled with an engineer from the team at 10 PM (my local time) to align with their working hours. Unfortunately, the interviewer failed to show up, and after waiting for about 45 minutes, I decided to leave. I attempted to email the recruiter afterward but never heard back.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Mar 2026
Interview
One thing I found challenging during the interview was the format of the behavioral question about exceeding expectations. I began answering using the STAR method to provide a structured and complete response, but I was frequently interrupted with follow-up questions before I could finish my thought.
As a non-native English speaker, this was particularly difficult for me. When I was interrupted, I lost track of where I was in my story and struggled to refocus and pick up from where I had left off. It disrupted my train of thought and made it hard to deliver the full context and outcome of the situation I was describing.
I would have felt more comfortable and confident if I had been given the space to complete my answer before follow-up questions were asked.
I had a 1 hour phone screening. First half was behavioral interview on the LPs and the second part was technical interview where I had to live code and also answer questions on NLP topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem.