Software Development Engineer I 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 I 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 I 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 a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Amazon in Jun 2014
Interview
I get hired in a hiring event. I got 4 technical interviews and 1 hr interview. Each interview is 45 mins in length.
The hr interview tests on Amazon leadership principal. I was asked to tell stories for each of them.
The technical interview is at about medium difficulty. They want a solution not the best solution. They just want to see your coding skill.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They ask me to describe the client and server model that I know of. Based on my understanding, the interviewer dig into the details. Later the interviewer asked me for debugging the potential problems. At last She ask me to design the service.
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 (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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