Amazon's Interview Process (2025)

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The Amazon interview process is a well-defined big tech hiring pipeline that typically unfolds as follows:
  • Resume screening
  • Recruiter call
  • Online Assessment (OA) (Typically 2 LC DSA questions)
  • Technical interviews (Typically 4-5 rounds, including DSA and system design)
  • Decision (Heavily focused on Amazon’s Leadership Principles
To prepare effectively, break your study plan into three key areas:
  • Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)
  • System Design
  • Behavioural questions
1. Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)Amazon loves testing problem-solving skills through LC style questions. The most efficient approach is to study the most frequently asked problems, prioritizing medium and hard difficulty levels. Speed is critical - aim to solve each question in under 20-25 minutes during practice. Explaining your thought process is important, but getting a correct, optimized solution quickly is the priority.
2. System DesignSystem design interviews at Amazon often revolve around real-world, scalable systems tied to their business, such as designing Amazon’s e-commerce platform. Other common favorites include URL shorteners and web crawlers. Expect interviewers to dig into trade-offs, scalability, and reliability—key concerns for Amazon’s massive infrastructure. Brush up on concepts like load balancing, database sharding, and fault tolerance.
3. Behavioural questionsAmazon’s behavioral interviews are unique because they’re deeply rooted in the company’s 16 Leadership Principles (e.g., “Ownership,” “Dive Deep,” “Customer Obsession”). These can be grouped into three main themes:
  • Amazon-Specific (e.g., “Tell me about a time you exemplified ‘Bias for Action’”)
  • Problem-Solving (e.g., “Describe a situation where you had to solve a difficult problem with limited resources”)
  • Teamwork & Leadership (e.g., “Give an example of when you influenced a team without formal authority”)
Practice using the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to structure your responses concisely.Luckily for you we’ve already done all the heavy lifting of compiling the list of most frequently and generating solutions for each of the above 3 categories. You can check them out here.Studying these materials will ensure that you are being as efficient as possible with your time as possible, which in turn will maximize the possibility that the interview goes well and you get the offer!

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