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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Should have thorough knowledge and should be able to implement any asked DSA questions confidently and have strong CS fundamentals . Should be able to map OOP concepts with real world examples and with the projects
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Berlín) in May 2025
Interview
Usual DSA + OOP stuff, the people who conducted my loop interviews were very thorough and actually spoke great English. In the end I had to ask them to wait a bit more because I was still in the middle of my last year in university, putting me in a waitlist later on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time where you had to go above and beyond.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Aug 2025
Interview
Not a difficult experience, four rounds with 2 DSA questions and a LLD round. The fourth round is a behavioral rounds. Unfortunately flopped one of the DSA questions with no solution by the end, but crushed the other 3. Depending on your LP answers, you might be able to convince them better.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a grid of 1s and 0s, traverse the grid by moving down a row every time you encounter a 0. Find the most efficient method to traverse.