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 online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in May 2012
Interview
1. binary search tree, find the second max and return it
2. implement hashtable, hashcode, run time analysis. collision function...
3. some java terms explannation
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2012
Interview
S/W Engineer position.
3 times phone interview, 1 hour each.
one full day on-site interview.
It was most difficult technical interview I ever had. Even tougher than Google.
I'm even told, here is a problem that 9 out of 10 interviewee fail to solve.
I was asked to write a code for 10 of those level difficulty questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Amazon (Chennai) in May 2010
Interview
There were 5 rounds in total which included 1 written test. Most of the SDE-1 rounds include Algorithm and Data structures testing, and if you are great at it, you are in. They will monitor your coding capabilities and problem solving capabilities as well. Computer Science and Object Oriented rounds are usually not given importance for SDE-1s.