The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2012
Interview
I applied through online application process on recommendation of a friend. Got an interview call for scheduling an telephonic interview just after a week. I was not knowing much about this company before reading the reviews at glassdoor. After I read the reviews about amazon's work culture and their tedious interview process (I just dont understand why they have to take 5 technical rounds !!! ) ,I was least interested to work for this company.
Anyway , On the day of the interview , I kept waiting for the call and then finally the interviewer called almost 10 mins late.It sounded like he was not much interested in taking the interview.He asked 3 technical questions in 40 mins ... one was related to object oriented design and one brain teaser and last was about some string sorting algorithm and coding. Other questions were straight from the resume .
I am writing this review just to help the people having their interview scheduled ... just a note of thanks for all others who gave me an insight about the process... All the best !!
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 (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