Software Engineer 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. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Typical DSA, system design, and behavioral. Some interviewers were engaged, others seemed distracted. Overall not a bad experience. Was recommended for a frontend role, but headcount was removed due to hiring freeze.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Estambul) in Nov 2024
Interview
3 round loop interview with two software engineers and one technical product manager.
Loop process was made up of behavioral questions for confirmation of alignment with Amazon 16 Leadership Principles and technical coding challenges.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to validate an assumption and align with a director or senior leader’s approach, even though it might have been different from your initial thinking.
It had only 1 round
1. Behavioural questions were asked
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When did you help your team member and how?
What was the most challenging thing you did in past experience?
2. One coidng Question was asked ( Anagram)