I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Amazon (California City, CA) in Jun 2025
Interview
The interview process consisted of several stages. Initially, there was an online assessment focused on problem-solving and coding tasks. This was followed by a technical phone screen where I was asked to solve algorithmic problems and explain my thought process. After passing that round, I was invited to a series of virtual onsite interviews, which included multiple sessions covering system design, behavioral questions based on Amazon's Leadership Principles, and additional coding challenges. The process was structured, thorough, and focused on both technical and soft skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the questions was to design a scalable system capable of handling high traffic with minimal latency, while ensuring fault tolerance and data consistency.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.