I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2010
Interview
2 phone screens and 6 hr site interview. Basic areas of they test your skills are 1) Data structures and algorithms 2) objective-oriented design 3) linux/shell knowledge, Regex 4) designing large systems and scaling. Language is not really important but they expect you to know at least one of C++, Java or Ruby.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Write a prime number service in language of your choice. how you scale it. 2) design an airline company in object-oriented way.
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