Software Developer 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 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3,656 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 Software Developer according to 3,656 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2017
Interview
I got an invite to attend the online assessment from amazon. First round was simple bug fixing and analytical questions. By doing well in that round, invite for second round had come. It was technical questions, 2 questions to be solved in 70 mins or so. Difficulty level is Medium. Before attending this, practice a lot of problem solving in Leetcode/HackerRank to get practiced to solve questions quickly and efficiently.
Other Software Developer Interview Reviews for Amazon
total 5 rounds - First OA assessment, quick telephone interview with recruiter, followed by 4 back to back technical and behavioral rounds. In technical round question were around topological graph sorting, cycle detection in linked list, and LRU cache. In behavioral round, the question were based on their 16 principles.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage the disagreement at your workplace.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
The process started with a brief 30-minute phone screening with a recruiter, focusing on my background and resume.
After that, I was invite to a technical video interview with a senior engineer. This round lasted about 60 minutes, starting with a brief introduction, followed by a live coding challenge on a shared editor, and ended with a few questions about system design basics and my past projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a function to find the first non-repeating character in a string and discuss its time and space complexity.
The process consisted of an initial online assessment covering data structures and algorithms, followed by a technical phone screening. The final loop involved multiple consecutive rounds focusing heavily on Amazon's Leadership Principles and system design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision with limited data?