Software Development applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 51 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development according to 51 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 17%
One on one interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Personality test: 2%
Background check: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Boston, MA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Applied through campus career fair. Was called for an on-site coding and logic test sometime later. Cleared that. Fairly easy basic data structure and algorithms questions. Was selected for a phone interview a week later. Awaiting the interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2022
Interview
2 Online Assessment
First OA has 2 coding problems. (90mins)
The second OA is the behavior question. (120 mins)
1 Virtual Onsite(45 mins)
The VO has 2 BQ questions and 2 coding problems.
You can use any language you want.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon in Oct 2021
Interview
Coding assessment, work styles assessment, technical interview .
The coding assessment was 70 minutes and the workstyles assessment was 120 minutes.
The interview consisted of 1 behavior question, 1 coding question, and then there was some time for me to ask questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time that you did something beyond your responsibilities.
The process was basically three parts. There was a debug test, then a coding test, and then another one that I didn't get to. Overall, prepare and solidify your knowledge of data structures and algorithms and you should be good.