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 2,544 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 2,544 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 an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2016
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It took me over 2 months in total. I asked a friend in Amazon to refer me and I received the first OA after a month, and the second OA after another week. Cannot disclose the assessment, but it is rather easy if you are majoring in Computer Science. Plus you can always google to find out a solution. The second OA asks a lot of behavior questions, which I think I answer perfectly, since I am normally a nice person to work with. Got onsite invitation after a month. When I arrived at Amazon, most of the interviewees were Chinese... In the group discussion, they even talked to each other in Chinese! The tasks we were assigned weren't that difficult, but I got stuck trying to figure out all the input/output problems, and wasted half of my day in that. Poor result.
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A real project they have been working on. You are asked to code to solve this problem in one day. The answer is not unique.
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
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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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Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos