I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Dec 2020
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn for an SDE1 role. I completed an online assessment, and then had four interviews for the onsite. The final round was half LPs, half technical (one OOD, three coding problems). Objectively, the coding problems I got were easy, but I struggled with answering follow up questions.
Overall my interview experience was good. Everyone I spoke with was nice and my recruiter was really helpful.
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