J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon
Entretien
I was contacted by a recruiter about a hiring event. I had talked to Amazon before so I only had to pass a test on hackerrank.com After I passed the test, I was granted an on-site interview. They set you up for 3 interviews and if they "need more data" they ask you to do a 4th interview. The first interview was crazy difficult (it was clearly the bar raiser) I was able to answer the question but made a few coding mistakes. I would give myself a C, the next two were not really difficult if you prepared, I would give myself a B+. I was then told I would need to interview a fourth time. The fourth interview was all technical and comprised of 2 technical questions. I like to believe that my answers were close to perfection and finished under time. I was shocked when I learned that they would not make me an offer.
Autres retours d’entretien d’embauche pour un poste comme Software Development Engineer chez Amazon
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
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.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Calgary, AB) en juin 2026
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [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