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 online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
Four interview rounds, each split evenly between leadership principles and technical questions. Covered LeetCode problems, basic high-level and low-level design, mostly binary tree questions, plus some design patterns such as Factory pattern discussions overall assessment.
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Four interview rounds, each split evenly between leadership principles and technical questions. Covered LeetCode problems, basic high-level and low-level design, mostly binary tree questions, plus some design patterns such as Factory pattern discussions overall assessment.
prescreen using programming tasks. must completed during a certain time frame. since it is time restriction, only do the test when you are ready. otherwise, you get grade very poorly
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how to sort a list of arrays from the giving setup
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2025
Interview
1 round of phone screen, 1 hour, 2 leetcode problems
Virtual onsite: 4 rounds, including behavior questions, object oriented design, leetcode problems. Behavior questions are valued very importantly, it is recommended by the recruiter to go over leadership principles thoroughly
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Question 1
describe a time when you had a conflict with colleagues, and how you resolved it
describe a time when you had to weigh between 2 different technical choices, what contributed to your decision?