I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter that viewed my Linkedin profile.
Had a phone interview with a software engineer in Amazon, was asked about my current job and several technical questions.
I was asked to implement two questions on a collaborated web-site (white board).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Implement a method that verifies if one string can be constructed by another. E.g: "aaabc" can be constructed by "aaabbbccd"
2. Given a linked list containing numbers (Node element), implement a method that returns two lists: one containing even numbers and one odd numbers - without allocating new list elements.
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