Software Development 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 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2,544 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 Development Engineer according to 2,544 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2013
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter for FBA team and asked me to fly in for onsite interview.
On the day of the interview, I was taken to a room and said whole of my interview process will be dealt in the same room.
First interview was with the director of the team. Basic questions on string, but I was very much surprised by the authoritative manner expressed by him. He was not ready to hear what I tried to explain nor tried to understand. So in the mid of interview process I almost lost interest. I was not given time to rewrite the code, as we mostly don't get optimized solution at first go. I did (int)c - 97 to get the ascii value of a character from a to z and mapping it to 0-25, which took him by surprise and asked why i dint use toascii.
Second interview was with some manager. It was an easy question. though i coded it, i din come up with a solution which is common as it dint strike me. It was my fault. and there was a design question, but not enough time.
Third interview was with senior developer. It was a system design question. It went pretty well. I was able to answer and come up with solutions.
Fourth interview was with a developer. This guy also showed his attitude. Though the question was pretty simple, I made an error which i immediately rectified. Also I must say got a nervous.
It was 3 hours long interview with no break in middle except for water or coffee.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was no unexpected or difficult Question.
1. Find the first non repetitive character in a character stream.
2. Check for prime number and Elevator system design.
3. Agent bidding system design
4. Find for subtree within a larger tree.
It was a pleasant surprise when the first technical question about substring lengths came up — I recognized it from my prep sessions. Before the interview loop, I had spent hours going through the coding challenges on PracHub to sharpen my skills. After that, they asked about merging linked lists and then switched gears to a behavioral question on frugality. The whole process felt straightforward, and I appreciated the approachable atmosphere. Excited to receive the offer, I accepted the position right away.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters
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 (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos