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 3,654 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 3,654 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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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlin) in Mar 2024
Interview
There are three types of exercises in this exam:
Programming Task: This is a timed section of 90 minutes. Complete two programming problems.
Work Simulation: This exercise typically lasts 15 minutes. During this time, you will work through software development decisions that SDEs face at Amazon .
Work style surveys: These two surveys typically take 10 minutes to complete. Answer questions about your approach to software development tasks as well as your work style in general.
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The first question of the Programming Task was about Linked Lists. I can't remember exactly the details, but something about removing an element inside the linked list will help solve this problem.
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