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 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 230 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 230 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Pittsburgh, PA) in Nov 2014
Interview
It was an on-campus Interview which started with a bunch of behavioral questions that pertain to Amazon principles. For example, they give you different situations as in how to work in a team? Leadership skills etc. Then they asked me coding questions. I had two interview rounds each lasted around 45 minutes. In every round, I was asked two coding questions.
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 (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together