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 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Dec 2018
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter via LinkedIN. Process took about 8 weeks.
The entire process had many parts and each had its own focus area
1. Phone screening with recruiter
2. Online coding challenge (2 programming questions, 90 minutes)
3. Onsite interviews- 4 (Technical, System Design, Bar Raiser, OO Design)
Amazon gives a preparation call before actual onsite interviews to share what to expect during onsite. As they say in these preparation calls the ratio of technical to leadership questions is actually 1:1 during interviews. Its hard to accept at first and we end up focusing a lot on technical.
Any amount of technical skills will not compensate for lack of behavioral skills interview.
The difficulty level of online coding challenge was equivalent to easy-medium levels of HackerRank or LeetCode.
The difficulty level of each onsite was above average with the bar raiser being the most difficult.
All the interviewers were friendly and never made your nervous.
Everyone will help you reach the answer with some push.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of Amazon Interview Questions are available on various Internet resources. Actual interview questions are just different versions of same problems.
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