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Amazon Web Services interviews FAQs
Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 3.4 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 57.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 58 days to get hired, when considering 79 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon Web Services as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 79 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 28%
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 18%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Presentation: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Stage 1 — Application
You apply through the Amazon Careers portal (AWS roles route through Amazon University Talent Acquisition for new grads). New grad postings tend to open in waves, with a lot of activity in fall and again in winter/spring.Stage 2 — Online Assessment (OA)
Within 1–2 weeks of applying, you'll typically get an OA link with a few days to complete it. It usually has two parts: two coding problems (often one easy + one medium, leetcode-style, focused on data structures and algorithms), followed by a work simulation / work-style assessment where you respond to email-style scenarios that probe how you'd handle real workplace situations against Amazon's Leadership Principles.Stage 3 — Phone screen (sometimes)
Some candidates report a single technical phone screen between the OA and the final loop, but many go directly from OA to the virtual onsite.Stage 4 — Virtual Onsite ("the Loop")
This is the main event: typically 2–3 back-to-back interviews, each 45–60 minutes. Each round generally follows the same pattern — roughly half behavioral, half technical:
Positive experience
Difficult interview
Application
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Bengaluru)
Interview
It was about projects and dsa in 2 rounds. Finally, a hr asking about why, where and other types of questions. The interview was virtual and asked to do questions on screen
The technical interview focused entirely on Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) problem-solving. I approached each question using the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) method to explain my thought process clearly, justify my solution, describe my implementation, and communicate the outcome in a structured and logical manner.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Toronto, ON)
Interview
OA: 2 questions: 1 leetcode the other debugging on a repo with some tests
4 round onsite:
1 LLD
1 Technical
1 Full Behavior
1 Technical + Genai
LP questions are asked across all rounds
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LP: describe a time to make a sacrifice in your design and why