SDE Intern 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 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE Intern roles take an average of 58 days to get hired, when considering 448 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 SDE Intern according to 448 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 15%
Personality test: 12%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in Apr 2025
Interview
The process was fast ( once started, because they scheduled my interview in 1 month), and the interview is very simple, you will need to answer questions about your projects with the STAR principles at Amazon, The technical test, in my case was about a linked list case and very simple to solve. Both Interviews were in English (in case you are not native)
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Tell me when you had to make a quick decision and how it went
shortlisting, then oa on 2 coding questions and behavioural questions, then 2 rounds of technical interviews. Most of the questions included dsa , have to tell bruteforce, optimal along with time nd space complexities
Had one virtual interview with an engineer. Prior to that, there was a online assessment with a leadership assessment (behavioral). Process was smooth. Heard back within reasonable time (1-2 weeks).
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Question 1
valid brackets on leetcode and we dove a bit deeper
First there was an online assesment and two rounds of tech interview where each round had 2 dsa problems which were lc medium and some behavioral questions and project related question.