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 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2015
Interview
Applied online, was reached out to by a recruiter a couple of months later. Took an online test for basic coding two weeks after initial contact, passed that and moved on to technical interview. Had the technical interview about a month later. Got the no offer email a couple of days after that. Didn't answer anything incorrectly, some minor mistakes and generally didn't think I came across as confident in myself. Interviewer was a bit terse, which didn't help.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to check whether a binary tree was a binary search tree. My first function only handled trees with integer values and he asked me to run through the function with a tree of double/float values. I should have asked clarifying questions before I started coding.
Design a library (write out all of the classes, etc...), this was an OO question. Missed a few abstractions, basic structure was alright though.
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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.
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