I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Feb 2014
Interview
I got in contact with a recruiter through a friend, and they were going to come to my country to do some interviews. After a first contact email they sent me a url to make an offline telematic interview, and after it I went to the onsite interviews, 5 in total.
A couple of weeks after the onsite interviews I got the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First I was surprised about was that they recommended me to read their Leadership Principles and think about them deeply, as they would ask me them, and in fact they did, so behavoiral questions will be asked.
Apart from that, they asked me some Object Oriented Programming questions, and some algorithmic questions.
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 (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