Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 31 days.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2025
Interview
First I had an OA with two questions, and a 1 hour 15 minutes to complete it. The questions would probably be called medium on leetcode, the most important part seemed to be picking the right data structure rather than knowing a particular algorithm. Based on the results of that, along with my other application materials, I was contacted by a recruiter for a specific job. There was a quick phone screen, mostly just "why are you interested in this company" type questions. I then moved on to a first round interview. The interview was with an engineer, and had a technical component, although it was more theoretical and didn't involve writing much code.
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Question 1
They dug deep into some project I had on my resume, and specifically asked about why I had picked certain frameworks.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Feb 2025
Interview
Shorter Process - passed OA and proceeded to 1 interview, which was final round
Interview - behavioral + technical, 1 hour long
Behavioral - asked about Amazon Leadership principles and how your experiences relate to it
Technical - 1 LC Medium with followup about time complexity and potential optimizations
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Question 1
Tell me about a time when you didn’t know what to do or how to solve a problem.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Amazon in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview was of one hour with 2 DSA questions as of first round. The interviewer first introduced himself and told me the format of the interview then asked for my introduction. The interviewer was very nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were
1. Get the maximum path sum from the starting of a matrix to the ending of a matrix. Basically going from [0,0] to [n,n]
2. To check if there is a loop in a link list and find the starting of the Loop.