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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Canada

October 17, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

4 rounds with BQ. Interviewers were a bit pushy and spent tons of time on BQ. Didn't pass the interview at the end, so I shared my experience in the interview questions section.

Questions

Round 1: Asked a leaderboard design problem. The interviewer kept interrupting me when I was explaining my thoughts, so I had to keep rephrasing myself. Also, BigQuery (BQ) cost quite some time.

Round 2: Asked a LeetCode question. The interviewer was better than Round 1, but still spent tons of time on BQ questions.

Round 3: Asked a question called "abusive words." I saw the exact same question on Hack2Hire, so I had a chance to prep before the interview. Even with prep, I still had to put some effort into edge cases.

Round 4: Was a system design problem.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Amazon Senior Software Engineer role in Canada.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive37%
Neutral37%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Amazon's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Canada.