I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2015
Interview
I have applied to their jobs site. They have contacted me for a technical test.
The test was focused on algorithms, and had no human interviewer, just an online test. They required to solve two problems in 60 minutes. They focus on performances, to keep cyclomatic complexity as low as possible.
A minor detail: note that you have to submit the two solutions separately. The user interface could lead to think that there is just one button for submit both the solutions.
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