I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
Sent my resume to the recruiter, got invited into the first round of interviews. The recruiter told me to inform her if i didn’t apply on the job portal and then she would send me a link to apply as its a mandatory step. I sent her an email saying that i did not apply then i never got a reply on that but i still went ahead and did the online assessment. A few days later the recruiter reached out saying i made it to the second interview without acknowledging my previous emails. I did the second interview a few weeks ago and still did not get any feedback on it. I decided to email the recruiter a week after i did the interview but never got a reply back. I consider this a rejection however i do not really think that not getting a reply back from the recruiter is a professional way to handle things.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 algorithm question (Online Assessment)
Then 30min talk and 30min algorithms questions with a software developer
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.