Skip to contentSkip to footer
  • Community
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • For Employers
      Notifications

      Loading...

      Elevate your career

      Discover your earning potential, land dream jobs, and share work-life insights anonymously.

      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      Amazon

      Engaged Employer

      About
      Reviews
      Pay & benefits
      Jobs
      Interviews
      Interviews
      Related searches: Amazon reviews | Amazon jobs | Amazon salaries | Amazon benefits | Amazon conversations
      Amazon interviewsAmazon Senior Software Developer interviewsAmazon interview


      Glassdoor

      • About / Press
      • Awards
      • Blog
      • Research
      • Contact Us
      • Guides

      Employers

      • Free Employer Account
      • Employer Center
      • Employers Blog

      Information

      • Help
      • Guidelines
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy & Ad Choices
      • Do Not Sell Or Share My Information
      • Cookie Consent Tool
      • Security

      Work With Us

      • Advertisers
      • Careers
      Download the App

      • Browse by:
      • Companies
      • Jobs
      • Locations
      • Communities
      • Recent Posts

      Copyright © 2008-2026. Glassdoor LLC. "Glassdoor," "Worklife Pro," "Bowls," and logo are proprietary trademarks of Glassdoor LLC.

      Company Bowl sample

      Want the inside scoop on your own company?

      Check out your Company Bowl for anonymous work chats.

      Bowls

      Get actionable career advice tailored to you by joining more bowls.

      Followed companies

      Stay ahead in opportunities and insider tips by following your dream companies.

      Job searches

      Get personalized job recommendations and updates by starting your searches.

      Senior Software Developer Interview

      Dec 5, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2024

      Interview

      For my first interview, I didn’t like the interviewer. He spoke in very broken English, and it was hard to understand him. He appeared to be reading from the screen the entire time but was unable to connect the conversation smoothly. It felt like I was talking to a robot which made it difficult to relate. Not to mention, he had some audio issues where the sound kept cutting out so much that I couldn’t hear what he was saying. It didn’t really make sense to me, and eventually, it got to the point where I couldn’t even continue the interview, so we had to see about rescheduling. I moved on to the second interview about 30 minutes later. The guy was much better. I could hear him clearly. He did have a strong accent, but I could still understand him, and we had a pretty good back-and-forth. He was a little stiff conversationally, though. It felt like everyone else I interviewed with was uncomfortably hard to talk to; they just weren’t approachable, which I didn’t like. I did my questions with him, and it went pretty well, but I didn’t have time to ask any questions at the end because of how long the technical question took. For the third interview, there were two guys sitting in a room facing each other, and I couldn’t understand them at all. I didn’t know what they were saying. One of them had a really strong Indian accent, and the other guy didn’t speak at all. I told them I couldn’t hear and asked if it was okay for them to repeat themselves because I had trouble hearing the first time. I tried answering the behavioral questions to the best of my ability, but when it came to the technical question, I knew how to answer it. However, I realized I didn’t want to work for Amazon, so I told them that I would like to withdraw my application. I answered the question, we had a conversation about it, and I thanked them for their time and said I really appreciated it.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Tech Q1: Implement an unbound set where each entry has an expiration date and disappears once it has expired
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Behavioral Q1: Tell me about a problem you had to solve that required in-depth thought and analysis? How did you know you were focusing on the right things?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Behavioral Q2: Give an example of a tough or critical piece of feedback you received. What was it and what did you do about it?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      Amazon is having a site wide sale everything 20% off write function that takes a sentence found on the amazon retail website counts the price if there is a price present and finally returns modified sentence
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Behavioral Q3: Can u explain about * OAuth and why it was needed for your website
      Answer question

      Other Senior Software Developer Interview Reviews for Amazon

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 22, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      The recruitment process consisted of several stages: Online coding – a one-hour session focused on solving programming problems and demonstrating practical coding skills. Technical meeting – a two-hour in-depth discussion covering system design, problem-solving approach, and technical knowledge relevant to the role. Soft skills meeting – a 90-minute conversation assessing communication skills, teamwork, and overall cultural fit.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      describe your current project, most interesting bug and feature. the most important thing you are proud of. slide-window algorithm, string parser
      Answer question

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 20, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      The technical round focused on a DSA problem about finding the closest points to the origin, where I was asked to explore multiple approaches like sorting, heaps, and quickselect. It felt straightforward, and I was ready for it thanks to the time I spent on PracHub brushing up on similar questions. The interview also included a behavioral section, but overall, I found the process to be very easy. Happy to say I received an offer, which I gladly accepted!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      K Closest Points to Origin - given an array of points on the 2D plane and an integer k, return the k closest points to the origin (0,0). Walk through sort-by-distance O(n log n), heap-based O(n log k), and quickselect O(n) average; discuss when to prefer each based on the relationship between n and k.
      Answer question

      Senior Software Developer Interview

      Jun 18, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      Tough interview. The Process: Automated Online Assessment (OA) with 2 coding questions and a system simulation, followed by a 4-round virtual Loop. Every single round started with 20 minutes of intense, behavioral behavioral questions diving into Amazon's Leadership Principles, followed by 25 minutes of technical coding or system design. Amazon interviews are a test of mental endurance because you have to switch from deep behavioral storytelling straight into complex coding which can be so difficult. I used Apex Interviewer to practice the cognitive context switch. Running through their live-coding workspace helped me ensure my technical communication and architectural structures remained sharp and automatic, even after spending the first half of the interview defending my past project metrics. I fed the practice AI questions I extracted from glassdoor and gothamloop. In the end, the offer was way lower than I hoped.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design the backend inventory tracking and placement service for a global fulfillment network, ensuring strict transactional consistency across multiple regional warehouses during peak shopping events.
      Answer question

      Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

      avatar
      Google
      4.5★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      Meta
      4.5★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      Sprout Social
      3.5★Compensation & Benefits
      avatar
      payever
      4.1★Compensation & Benefits