I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Online coding challenge followed by a 4-hr on-site interview.
Interview questions ranged from easy to very difficult. The easy part I could have done much better but I started coding right away (because I was asked to) BEFORE I had a plan of how I could solve the problem. As a result, what I wrote on the whiteboard was so messy even I myself got confused. Practicing writing code on paper was not enough, you needed to practice with an audience, and made sure he/she understands what you're trying to do from start to finish. Word of advice, start designing with your interviewer (regardless of how much they push you to start coding), before coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA signed. Don't think I can disclose... Nothing was too unexpected anyway.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in June 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.