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 in Jan 2013
Interview
I was approached by a recruiter who then sent my resume over to the Hiring dept. They were prompt and scheduled the interview within a week.
There were 4 technical rounds and 1 with HR. All the interviewees were personable and friendly. A lot of the questions involved coding. They walked me through many of the problems and asked questions as I was coding. They wanted to understand my thought process. If I strayed or did something wrong, they'd ask questions to indicate it. Fairly standard questions on algorithms. Definitely prepare for graph, tree algorithms, data structures and be prepared to justify a choice for a data structure. The interviewers didn't particularly care about syntax, but they want to see that you are comfortable putting pen to paper.
Also be prepared with atleast 5-6 questions you want to ask them. I ran out of these and it became awkward towards the end!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a large web-based, highly scalable, highly available system. This was an open-ended question. You should make sure to ask the interviewer lots of questions to narrow down the problem before jumping into a solution.
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