I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2014
Interview
I applied online and I was contacted by a recruiter for an onsite interview. I went to Seattle the next week. It's more a day-long programming assignment than an interview. (9am-4pm). There were two 1-1 meetings, one 30 min and another 15 min. You can discuss with an engineer your project design and tell them about some implementation decisions you made. It's a far more comfortable environment than a writing on the whiteboard interview.
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