Software Engineer New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.1 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 New Grad roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 120 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 New Grad according to 120 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 18%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Other: 3%
Background check: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2025
Interview
The OA consisted of two LeetCode medium questions, completed in an hour, followed by 30 minutes of behavioral questions and a simulation mimicking real SWE work—debugging code, reading requirements, and implementing features.
Other Software Engineer New Grad Interview Reviews for Amazon
OA followed by a technical phone screen round.
Was later invited to the final stage which was a 3round interview loop of 3h.
each interview was 30min technical and 30min behavioural
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
3 interviewers back to back, with a break for lunch in the middle. first interview was behavioral that tested amazon concepts. second and last interviews had a shadower watching the other conduct the interview. i think they might be part of the voting process too but don't seem to be paying attention
First recieved an OA with two leetcode mediums and a workplace simulation. Then had two technical interviews with engineers at Amazon. Asked a class question with some follow-ups. Leetcode medium
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode questions - medium but on the easier side