Front End Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Front End Developer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 49 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 Front End Developer according to 49 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Jan 2019
Interview
The Amazon interview process is a multifaceted evaluation that spans several stages. It typically begins with an initial screening, where recruiters assess candidates' resumes and basic qualifications. Successful candidates proceed to phone or video interviews, facing a mix of behavioral questions, technical assessments, and problem-solving scenarios. The focus is on Amazon's leadership principles, emphasizing attributes like customer obsession, bias for action, and ownership. Further stages may include onsite interviews, involving in-depth technical evaluations and meetings with various team members. This comprehensive process aims to identify candidates who align with Amazon's values, ensuring a rigorous and thorough assessment of skills and cultural fit.
The process was standard for a front-end role. It began with an initial recruiter screening followed by a technical phone interview focused on JavaScript fundamentals. Afterward, there was a virtual onsite consisting of three rounds: a live coding challenge (DSA), a specialized React/system design round, and a final behavioral culture-fit discussion with the engineering manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the difference between the Task (Macrotask) Queue and the Microtask Queue in the JavaScript Event Loop? Specifically, how does the browser prioritize Promise resolutions over scheduled callbacks from a setTimeout function, and what impact does this have on UI rendering performance?
First part was general questions about my past work, the projects I’ve done, and my overall experience.
The second part was a 30-minute technical assessment done through a link they provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about my past work, the projects I’ve done, and my overall experience.
The interview process was an initial online assessment, a phone interview, and then a super round interview, with 3 interviews in one day. The problems weren't the most complicated, but the superround was challenging because the interviews are back to back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to implement a tic-tac-toe game in HTML and vanilla JS.