I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2011
Interview
Got an initial interview from the company due to a friend's referral. The initial interview consisted of a phone screening. I also got an on-campus interview afterward, which was unrelated to the phone interview.
The on-campus interview consisted of a first-round interview on a Monday. They then called on Monday night to inform me that I had made the second round, which would take place in the form of three interviews on campus over the next two days. All the interviews were very technical, with one or two behavioral/resume questions thrown in. The interviewers themselves were pretty laid-back and fairly helpful, they weren't trying to confuse me or make life difficult.
They told me that they would get back to me by the end of the week, but took until the middle of the next week to get back to me. I wasn't offered the position, even though I thought I did reasonably well on the interviews.
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