I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
It was a group interview that took place at their Seattle campus, together with around 25 other interviewees.
Breakdown:
- 8am-9am: A quick tour around campus, meet and greet
- 9am: Sat in a big room with 3 interviewers, Had breakfast, Broken up into small groups to work on a problem
- 10am-5pm: Coding, lunch, and 2 short one-on-one interviews in between
- 5pm-6pm: Wrap-up, Q&A with Amazon employees
Provided/To Reimburse:
- Accommodation (2 nights)
- Basic allowance ($65 on food per day etc...)
- Transit (Round-trip to Seattle, and taxi within Seattle)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Base on the code that you've written so far, what can you add or modify to improve it?
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
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 June 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