Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Le Caire, ) in Mar 2025
Interview
I applied for a role and received an assessment two days later. This was followed by a 60-minute phone screen and then a loop interview consisting of three one-hour sessions. After completing all of this, I waited for over three months with no updates. Eventually, I saw my application status had changed to "no longer under consideration" on the portal — without even receiving an automated rejection email.
Overall, I found the communication from the HR team to be extremely poor. Going through such a time-consuming process only to be ghosted reflects badly on the company's recruitment practices. A simple follow-up or closure email would have gone a long way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leadership principles questions.
And leetcode medium problems
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