I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter about a hiring event. I had talked to Amazon before so I only had to pass a test on hackerrank.com After I passed the test, I was granted an on-site interview. They set you up for 3 interviews and if they "need more data" they ask you to do a 4th interview. The first interview was crazy difficult (it was clearly the bar raiser) I was able to answer the question but made a few coding mistakes. I would give myself a C, the next two were not really difficult if you prepared, I would give myself a B+. I was then told I would need to interview a fourth time. The fourth interview was all technical and comprised of 2 technical questions. I like to believe that my answers were close to perfection and finished under time. I was shocked when I learned that they would not make me an offer.
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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.