I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2010
Interview
The phone interview was slated to be an hour long, started on time and was 1 hour exactly. It was the 2nd such interview, and I have a 3rd scheduled. No idea how many more rounds there will be.
It began with a brief questioning of my past work experience, and soon moved on to technical questions largely covering data structures and algorithms, from simple (calculate change for a cash register) to complex (knapsack problem, dynamic programming). I was also given a design problem of an e-commerce site and asked to describe some of the basic objects I would need for customers, inventory, orders and shipping, and their interactions.
I was expected to provide a pseudo-code solution to the data structures and algorithms questions, which made pen and paper a necessity. It might be more helpful to sit at a computer and actually code up the solution in something like PHP or Python.
The interviews have (thus far) been very nice and tolerant of you not reaching a complete solution to the problems on your first iteration. They may even help walk you through a tough part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a set of coins of arbitrary denominations, write an algorithm to calculate all possible ways to generate change for a given amount.
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 (São Paulo, ) in Jun 2026
Interview
Empresa extremamente clara sobre o que é pedido na entrevista e isso me mostra a seriedade. Minha experiencia foi positiva e tente se atentar a resolver o problema e não somente decorar padrões do leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Perguntas em ingles que envolve o STAR e testes técnicos
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