I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bucharest, Bucuresti) in Oct 2018
Interview
Typical Big5 company interview process. Few calls, online automated tests then a 4 hours with 4 people on-site or on recruitment event. Mostly algorithms and Amazon principles.
I'd like to review the after part of the interview, if you get the offer. The offer letter is incorrect stating that you should accept this by the date which is in the past, you notify them, but they say it's okay, leave it. Then when they prepare for you the immigration papers in the last week of moving to Canada, the lawyer will tell you it's not right, then you tell the HR, they don't understand which date and where, when it's clean and not that many dates in a contract. They couldn't change it, you go to the border with invalid data. It's fine.
Multiple HR people get laid off or moved to other departments until you get yourself hired. Multiple managers might exchange you from one team to the other, you won't know where you end up. You have no idea what you will work on. If your visa gets late, your team might move on with someone else.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2026
Interview
There were a total of 2 rounds:
The first round was with an SDE II on Data Structures/Algo - Leet code questions mainly
The second rounds was with an SDM Behavioral/System Design - Leadership principles and past work experience impact.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2026
Interview
Recruiter explicitly mentioned that the Technical Phone Screen interview did not contain any Behavioral question but the interviewer definitely asked 3 behavioral questions.
The coding problem was utterly garbage, it was a pretty trivial problem that anyone that knows DFS would be able to solve. That is not appropriate for a SDE 2 role. Not even useful to demonstrate candidate skills
PS: They care a lot more about what you've accomplished than whatever you can accomplish based on your skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Tell me about a time when you had to meet a tight deadline
2. Tell me about a time when you had to do more than what you were required to do
3. Tell me about a time where you made a significant impact on a customer
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Bengaluru) in Sep 2025
Interview
5 rounds of interviews
1. OA (2 Medium Hard Questions along with some Work Related Assessment which tested design related concepts)
2. HLD
3. DSA
4. LLD
5. Bar Raiser
Technically, the questions were of medium difficulty and with good polish, you should be able to solve these questions. The main challenge in Amazon is of the Leadership Principles which involve citing real work experience in the STAR format.