Software Development 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 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 35 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Other: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2019
Interview
I applied to be an SDE Intern back in November 2018 and received a response in December for the first online assessment. I wasn't in any rush and submitted it after a week and received the second OA a few days (5) later. I submitted the second OA and 10 days later, I received an invitation to a virtual final interview.
I received the email on a Monday and the first available interview was the following Monday. I had deadlines from other offers, so I sent an email to HR and fortunately, they provided me with a time for Wednesday (2 days after receiving the email). Therefore, I only had a total of 2 days to preview for the interview.
Interview went smoothly and the interviewer was very nice. It was a quick brief introduction and then right into the interview (won't disclose what went on). Interview lasted an hour. I received an offer 2 days later (because I notified HR that I had a pending offer).
All in all, my experience was fantastic. The HR was very responsive and I have no complaints. Excited to be interning there this summer!
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Calgary, AB) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online Assessment is the first step in the process. I didn’t have an HR phone screening and went straight to the OA after applying. It was sent to me about a week after I submitted my application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first question is LeetCode style algorithms question, and the second question gives a full stack repo (choice of Java, NodeJS, or Django) and asks to solve a backend issue which is causing a bug in the frontend. Unit tests must pass to pass the second question. You can run both backend/frontend indivdually or together