I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Dec 2020
Interview
The process starts with an initial phone screen interview which you must pass to proceed to the full day of interviewing consisting of 5 separate interviews.
Each interview is 45 mins to 1 hour long and is conducted by different Software Development Engineers.
Each interview could consist of coding and behavioural questions or just behavioural questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me of a time you had a disagreement with your manager.
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 (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.
Interview questions [1]
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