I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Only did the OA was pretty difficult I got two medium-hard Leetcode problems. The behavioral portion is quick. Besides that there was a portion that puts you in to a office like scenario where you will have to identify best courses of action as someone working at the office,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One was a hard leet code problem that had to do with matrices.
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.