Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2012
Interview
I went to Amazon for a on-site interview. It is a group interview. Three people are assigned into a group and assigned a programming question. The question is separated into three parts. Each individual can choose one of the parts and use any language you want. It gives almost four hours to finish the task and during this process, you will be interviewed by an employee about thirty mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just to describe the data structure and algorithms you use for the program. And analyze them using big O. And asked if you have more time, what other algorithms you may use.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2013
Interview
I was contacted by Amazon recruiter via LinkedIn for an open position in their transportation department. It took them two months (or maybe more) to schedule two phone interviews, and after that they invited me to their Seattle headquarters for the on-site interview. The on-site interview consisted of five interviews including an interview over lunch with a manager. I was interviewed by three engineers, the hiring manager, and the director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None. They were all easy. Standard algorithm and coding questions.