I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in May 2012
Interview
First phone interview - find unique phone numbers in 50,000 files. Second - code a class for playing cards that can handle shuffle and deal methods. The interviews were chill, but the first interviewer jumped straight into the question which threw me off a bit. The second one asked about previous projects etc. so that was better. Very important to code correctly and not just the pseudo code. that was the mistake I made.
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