I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in May 2014
Interview
Two 45-min phone interviews followed by an onsite round. There are 5 interviews onsite, one of which is a lunch with the team manager. Most onsite interviews are two-on-one, but only one interviewer handles the questioning. The other keeps taking notes. Don't expect hard technical problem, but they do ask too many behavioural questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What makes you a good candidate for this position?
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