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 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 31%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2014
Interview
First we waited. Then we were brought to take some pizzas and talk with the interviewers. Then we took four back-to-back interviews. Some design and algorithm questions. I remember there is a leetcode problem that computing how many ways from upper left corner to bottom right corner with some obstacles in a matrix. I was also asked about some behavior questions. After the interview is done, the last interviewer brought me to go out. About one week later, I got the email that I still need to move on.
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Behavior questions like a challenging thing you met.
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, ) in Jun 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 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.
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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