Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Developer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Personality test: 18%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
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Coding Round – 2 questions (DSA: arrays, strings, hashing, DP).
Work Simulation / Situational Judgement – Assess how you apply LPs.
Logical / Debugging Test (for some roles).
1 or 2 rounds, each 45–60 mins.
Focus on:
DSA coding problems (LeetCode-style).
System design basics (for experienced).
Behavioral questions (STAR method – Situation, Task, Action, Result).
Example questions:
“Write a program to detect a cycle in a linked list.”
“Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager.”
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon
Interview
first round was leetcode for 1hour, got easy 2 questions
then final round has 2 leetcode session and 1 system design and 1 lld session. each session has also leadership principle.
Leetcode questions was easy-medium.
Leadership principle was hard
I had issue with screensharing it wasted 10-15 min during the first round of interview
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Question 1
leet code - array and string questions. easy and medium level
The interview was basically a screening round, It was just a quick interview to get to know if I was worth the company's time. The dsa round was pretty easy but once they got into system design it was harder.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked dsa questions like trapping rain water and a stack question similar to valid parenthesis.
Recruiter screen, online assessment, technical interviews, and behavioral rounds focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles. The process was structured, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving, coding skills, and examples demonstrating impact and ownership.