I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2014
Interview
I sent my resume to a campus recruiter and received a group interview invitation a month later. Had an one-hour long campus tour in the beginning and the interview took up the rest of the day. Each group has three members, each works on one part of the problem and you need to figure out division of tasks. Each task is independent and you can choose you language.
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