Software Development Engineer I 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 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer I roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Development Engineer I according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai)
Interview
Written test with 3 algorithm problems
Followed by 4 rounds (DS & Algo, Problem Solving, Design, Bar Raiser)
DS & Algo, they asked to implement queue using a stack followed by finding the height of a BST.
Problem solving involved some questions related to fibonnaci series.
Design round they asked me to design a content scraping solution which validates content across devices.
Bar raiser was a cocktail round having a mix of everything, Your personal achievements in the technical side, a 'check if one tree is a mirror of the other' kind of question.
The final round was with the Hiring manager, he also asked me some questions related to arrays like find the maximum increasing sequence in an array.
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Questions related to stacks, queues (Eg:Implement a queue using stacks)
Trees were heavily asked as well (Print a tree spirally, check if one BT is a mirror of another BT)
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 June 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.
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Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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.
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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