I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter. I had 3 phone interviews and I was asked basic programming questions.
Few questions I can recall,
1. Implement your own hashmap in java
2. Given an integer array, find all pairs of integers which sums up to K.
3. Difference between arraylist and vector
4. How would you implement your own ArrayList
5. Questions regarding knowledge of design patterns
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 Jun 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