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 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
I got a call from a recruiter from Amazon Alexa Team for Mobile Software Development Engineer role. I informed the recruiter that I am not interested in Mobile Software Development role as I dont want to constraint my domain and given that my current role is a Software Development Engineer role. The recruiter promised that there is a general Software Development Engineer role as well and then I moved forward to take the initial screening online assessment. Once that is cleared, I had an onsite interview that had rounds such as System Design,Coding/Problem-Solving,Data Structures and Algorithms,Logical&Maintainable Code with behavioral in each round.
My first round was System Design. I was asked to design a system that was
more mobile centric and I didn't have enough knowledge about the same. Only a person who is a mobile developer can crack that easily. I really felt bad
When the interviewer asked me if I am aware of what position I am interviewing for and thats a mobile developer role. I did convey that to the recruiting co-ordinator immediately after this round and she said that there was some miscommunication that happened. She had conveyed it to Recruiter.When I got a call to get the interview feedback from recruiter, he said that Amazon is not moving forward with me and I have to wait another 6 months to interview again. I did bring it up to his attention again on what happened on the interview day. He acknowledged that co-ordinator conveyed him and apologized to me saying that, he can find out from manager of any other teams in Sunnyvale Office explaining the situation to conduct System Design round alone and may be then they can take it up forward to another onsite if required as this was a mistake done from Amazon side. But in couple of days I received email (Attached ) from recruiter that nothing else can be done and I have to wait for the time period to give next interview.
There has been few other recruiters who contacted me over Linkedin for open positions, and when I convey my situation all they say is “I am not eligible as I interviewed in August 2018”. Other thing I could sense is that even though the mistake is on Amazon’s end, the notes that they have put up for candidate is as if the candidate didnt do well in the onsite round.
I have prepared myself for what role I am interviewing and this had really made my state worse as I have to wait for mistake done by Amazon.
I have also given in candidate interview feedback about this issue, but no one turned up to help me out so far.
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Other Software Development Engineer Interview Reviews for Amazon
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.
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Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos