Software/Test Engineer 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 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software/Test Engineer roles take an average of 21 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 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software/Test Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 7%
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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2012
Interview
The interviewer called on time. It took about half an hour. The questions were about basic data structures/ algorithms questions. Some of the topics we talked about was:
Sorting algorithms.
fibionacci sequence
Decimal to binary conversation.
The interviewer asked Big O notation for all the algorithms that I told him. There was a question I couldn't hear. I asked him can he ask the question again but he skipped the question.
He asked how to improve the algorithms you are talking about.
Multiple rounds will be there
Can be done on same day if it's urgent requirement
Hackathon
Tech round
Ds round
Behavior
Manager
Director if it's a senior role else won't happen
Hr round will be final round
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (San Jose, CA)
Interview
- 4 rounds of technical interview
algorithms and data structure
data base management
- aptitude / leadership interview
personal career goal and long-term plan
work-life balance (especially for female employees)
1 .Aptitude Test Round
Basic Aptitude and General English based questionnaire, lot of questions in limited time frame.
2.Technical Round (1 Question)
What is testing? SDLC Regression testing with one example Example of a Negative Test case