Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 3,653 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 Engineer according to 3,653 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 4%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2017
Interview
The process began with an email from an Amazon recruiter. He provided me with a fairly simple online coding assessment. A couple days later, they felt that they knew enough about me to fly me to Seattle and place me in a hotel near the Amazon headquarters.
Prior to heading to Seattle, the recruiter provided me with a nice preparation package, and walked me through what to expect.
On the day of the interview, I was greeted by the recruiter and a member of the HR team at the Amazon Headquarters. They gave me a brief tour of the office, and provided 20 minutes for me ask them any questions about the job, and what to expect.
The interview itself was split into four parts, where a different interviewer spent about 45 minutes with me each. The interviewers seemed rushed and tired, which took away from the experience of getting a decent conversation in.
The questions themselves were your typical Algorithm and Data Structure questions.
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As per the NDA I signed, I cant give away any specific questions, but make sure that you are well-versed in your CS fundamentals, and have a good understanding of big O notation.
Good interview process overall. The questions were mostly focused on general software engineering knowledge, with a strong emphasis on AI concepts. The interviewers were professional, and the process was well organized.
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Question 1
System design and a lot of questions “imagine the situation”
Leet code question medium to gard then they snack you with a web app that you have to debug with a Very limited ai assistant that won't give you the answer but will read the files and tell you what they do
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Leet code and assisted debugging and 15 pillar of Amazon leadership questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
first round was leetcode for 1hour, got easy 2 questions
then final round has 2 leetcode session and 1 system design and 1 lld session. each session has also leadership principle.
Leetcode questions was easy-medium.
Leadership principle was hard
I had issue with screensharing it wasted 10-15 min during the first round of interview
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leet code - array and string questions. easy and medium level