The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2012
Interview
The first round was okay, I applied through my college job portal and was asked by mail to schedule a phone interview. All the questions asked were basic and I passed that round.
I was asked to schedule a second interview and when it was time for it I was prepared and all but did not get a call, I mailed them inquiring about the interview , they apologized and rescheduled it. This time I received a call. They asked about Java Generics and Dynamic mapping etc. Later programming question was about finding repeated alphabets in a sequence. They did not like my logic and approach to the program.
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