I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
First phone call-
1. Questions on my resume.
2. describe 1 problem that u faced during a project, and how you solved it.
3. write code to find the depth of a tree
4. reverse a linked list
Did not go very well, as i was not well prepared, then i got an email a week later for a 2nd phone screen
1. what happens when you type amazon.com on ur browser and hit enter
2. write code for atoi()
3. write code to identify the single element that occurs odd no of times in an array..
went very well.
rejection email after 2 weeks.
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