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Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview questions
Updated May 17, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 21%RecruiterRecruiter
- 9%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
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Amazon Web Services interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 26 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Amazon Web Services as a Software Engineer according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 22%
Background check: 12%
One on one interview: 10%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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