I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2011
Interview
The first round is phone interviews, then comes 1:1 interviews with both technical and management. The technical focused on data structures/algorithms/design questions, while the manager focused on behavioral questions. Everyone was nice and friendly and respectable, but the questions were challenging so be prepared! However after the interviews, it took quite a long time for them to respond as to whether or not to proceed with an offer, so you have to be patient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me of a time when you did something wrong/incorrect, or when something with the project went bad, and what did you do?
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