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 through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seoul) in Oct 2015
Interview
1. Online coding through hackerrank;
- It was pretty challenge that I tried to implement alot solution although time is limited. But the code became a beautiful sphagetti ;)) So got an email to sign NDA and allowed to onsight interview.
2. Onsight Interview;
Basically, there were 4 sections and each section has bahvioral, technical questions.
- Session 1: Simple Algorithmic question;
- Session 2: Intermediate Algorithmic problem;
- Session 3: OOP/OOD related questions;
- Session 4: System Design (I loved this one);
After several days, one of hiring managers emailed me to follow up the event and she promised to update by next day. However, 20 days left, no email no any voice from her. I thought probably she retired ;) and decided to email her. Luckily she replied me with lying words that she sent an email that day (even in spam list I couldnt find her email) So that seems Hiring Managers work not accurate as I expected. My advice anybody who is applying for keep in touch with them every day ;))
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
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