I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Mar 2020
Interview
Really good communication, interviewers were laid back and fun to talk to. Questions were realistic and relatively deep. Very strong focus on behavioral and writing clean and maintainable code.
Recruiter reached out mentioning he got my info from a manager at a company I worked for. Set up a time for an interview
Had Phone Interview
They reached out again in a few days to set up a time for a virtual onsite
Virtual onsite was 2 weeks from then. They were very flexible
Onsite was 4 rounds bound by NDA
Received feedback of a down level - I had 3 years experience but the role I was interviewing required 4
Still received above expectations for pay
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