I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview screen process was 3 technical questions online. Then I had to take a test that quizzed me on how I'd handle certain scenarios at amazon via email. The final round was 4 interviews, where 3 where technical and 1 one was a system design. The technical questions were not that hard, but it was impossible to understand my interviewer during the system design. He kept repeating himself when I would ask clarifying questions, and it was an infuriating experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a payment processor, that may allow for a retry if it fails.
Interview by recuriter, Phone interview over Chime with one easy Leet code problem and 2 behavioral questions. Although the interviewer was very casual at the start of the conversation, it quickly changed into behavioral questions at the start.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Encoding optimization algorithm and talk about a project you did recently.
First round is just leet code coding which screens through AI before going into live coding. Pretty simple and straighforward. Not too tough. Recruiter walks through it pretty nicely. Not sure how many rounds there are exactly
After submitting my application for the Software Engineer position, I received an invitation to complete an automated Online Assessment (OA). The assessment consisted of standard coding challenges, primarily focusing on algorithmic and data structure problems. Unfortunately, a few days after submitting my solutions for the assessment, I received an email informing me that I would not be moving forward in the interview process and was rejected.