I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon (Cape Town) in Jul 2012
Interview
Applied online on amazon.com, received a contact a few days later. Three telephone interviews (IT and software development concepts, hands on coding, cultural fit), followed by 6 on-site (2 coding, one architecture, 3 cultural fit). I was expecting harder questions- they were relatively easy. Major emphasis on the leadership principlesnn
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Other Software Development Engineer Interview Reviews for Amazon
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