I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY)
Interview
Two weeks after applying online, I was contacted by a recruiter to take an online assessment which consisted of 2 coding questions (90 minutes) and describing the thought process/time complexity for your solutions (15 minutes).
After doing well in the online assessment, the in-person interview was scheduled for 6 weeks later.
The in-person interview consisted of 4 rounds in one day, 3 coding and 1 systems design with one 15 minute break after the first 2 interviews. Behavioral questions based on Amazon Leadership Principles were asked in each round. Interviewers were very personable and the overall experience was low pressure. The coding questions were very reasonable and not tricky in any way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 straightforward algorithm/data structure questions. One system design question. A lot of Amazon Leadership Principles questions.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.