I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services in Aug 2024
Interview
Very intense. Alot of support and preparation guides are offered though from recruiters. First interview is one hour where they ask work based scenarios to figure out which of their leadership principles you possess. Then live coding. Strong DSA and time complexity knowledge and practice are required. Next is a 5 interview day with more work based scenario questions and live coding. Expect to encounter a bar raiser as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you were faced with a tight deadline.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (New York, NY)
Interview
I applied around January 2025 and got an OA shortly after. From my memory it took around 2 hrs to complete. I got an interview loop invite around sometime in May and then in Early June I had 3 back-to-back interviews and got the offer a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions that tie to their leadership principles
It was okay. Took the whole day but they really communicated everything WELL. It was a design question, coding problems after coding problems then the merge sort or tree traversal question.
I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA)
Interview
It tested highly on system design, understanding of infrastructure, distributed systems, and data structures and algorithms. Make sure to study LeetCode and make sure you know your system design. Thanks so much.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LeetCode question about arrays and hashing (medium - hard)
Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 63 days to get hired, when considering 34 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 according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 28%
One on one interview: 22%
Phone interview: 21%
Personality test: 12%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Presentation: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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