I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Gainesville, FL) in Feb 2014
Interview
I submitted my resume on University's career fair, and got an on-campus interview which would be two weeks later. However, just before the interview day, the campus HR emailed me and told me that it was changed to a phone interview. I personally preferred on-campus interview because face-to-face interaction makes me feel much better. Technical interview over a phone was never a good experience for me. I failed the programming problem and didn't pass the first round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Three questions, all technical. The first two were about basic data structure and algorithm. The third one was a programming problem through an online coding platform.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Recruiter reached out and set up an onsite loop after the initial steps. Four back to back rounds in one day. Two coding heavy rounds run by senior engineers, one round with the hiring manager, and one behavioral round with a bar raiser. Mix of leadership principles and data structures throughout. Heard back within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard BFS grid problem. Given a grid, find the time for all cells to reach a target state where the spread happens one layer at a time.
How did you answer: Clarified the constraints, walked through the approach, then coded a clean BFS from all starting points at once. Tracked the number of layers until everything was covered.