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 2,543 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 2,543 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 online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
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For me the process took 9 months or more. I pushed back my online assessment because I wanted to study very well. I passed the online assessment as well as the phone interview. I got an onsite interview in Seattle. I did well in the interview. However, I still didn't get an offer. They gave me a stranger reason, your level is an SDE2, but you didn't quite fullfil that even though you did well on the questions. I was like, I can go for an SDE1, but they were set on not giving me an offer. To be honest, I don't work with people who don't want to work with me, so it's all good. One of the interviews was very robotic and didn't really interact nicely. I'm kind of surprised that someone with mediocre communication skills is assessing a candidate. Whatever. It's all good in the end. Something much better is coming my way.
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Question 1
Some relatively simple data structures related questions, and another one was related to probability. another one related to system design
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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Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
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Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together