Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 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 52.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 40 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Developer according to 40 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 24%
Skills test: 22%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Background check: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Irvine, CA) in Feb 2017
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Got a online code contest after 2 month waiting. Invited by prim now team, I have applied for university graduate position and end up having a interview invitation for a senior position. After the online contest, they rejected my application even though i did pretty good at the code contest.
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its about give you a list of data as format of string which could be converted to a tree to calculate sum.
The interview was basically a screening round, It was just a quick interview to get to know if I was worth the company's time. The dsa round was pretty easy but once they got into system design it was harder.
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They asked dsa questions like trapping rain water and a stack question similar to valid parenthesis.
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.
Recruiter screen, followed by an online coding assessment and then a technical phone interview. The final round was a virtual onsite loop with multiple interviews covering data structures, system design, debugging, and Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical questions were practical but time-constrained, and the behavioural questions required specific examples using the STAR format.
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Design a scalable URL shortening service and explain how you would handle high read traffic, collisions, database schema, expiration, and basic monitoring.