Software Development Engineer 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 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 according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Ciudad de Mexico) in June 2014
Interview
Got recruited by Amazon at my university and was scheduled for an online screening, I was given a list of topics regarding computer science that will be covered on the interview, sorting algorithms, order of complexity, object oriented stuff, and web services, during the interview I had to answer some questions and video record my answers which is weird the first time, it got me a little nervous because I hadn't done it before, so if you have this type of interview, get in a close room, quiet and with good lighting.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain a sorting algorithm and its impact on cpu and memory.
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