I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
Applied in February 2019. Got contacted by a recruiter the next day to schedule an introductory call with her. She asked 2-3 basic CS questions at the end of it.
Received a coding challenge the following week, that I had 3 weeks to complete. Questions were medium level leetcode. Managed to get 4/10 test cases to pass for Q1 and 14/15 test cases to pass for Q2.
Got called for onsite. Onsite was 4 back-to-back 1 hour interviews. 2 were data structures/algorithms related. 1 was system design. 1 was more of an HR interview.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.