I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2014
Interview
I was called on-site for the group interview. There were 11 other fresh grads along with me for the interview. There was a short campus tour. Followed by that, they had a company presentation. And then divided us into groups of 3 to solve a real problem. Its not really a team effort, since everyone is just competing.
Overall, I thought it was stressful and the people were quite arrogant. I would definitely not want to work there.
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