Amazon

Software Development Manager Interview Experience - Canada

April 1, 2020

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

One of the best-structured interview processes I have ever been in. The recruiter let me know what to expect, and there were no surprises. They were in constant communication with me throughout the process.

Questions

Design a smart card-based fare system for public transportation in the city of Toronto.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Amazon Software Development Manager role in Canada.

Success Rate

17%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Software Development Manager roles in Canada is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral33%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Amazon's Software Development Manager interview process in Canada.

Amazon Work Experiences

Amazon - an exciting place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 2, 2018

Pros: Exciting place to work on new technologies. People are highly motivated and enthusiastic to get the job done. Fast-paced projects. Many opportunities to learn.

Cons: I'm a working mother, and so far, I've been able to have a good work-life balance.

Amazon - an exciting place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 2, 2018

Pros: Exciting place to work on new technologies. People are highly motivated and enthusiastic to get the job done. Fast-paced projects. Many opportunities to learn.

Cons: I'm a working mother, and so far, I've been able to have a good work-life balance.

Okay, a place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Customer focus is key in all that is done here.

Cons: Plenty of corporate arrogance. Resistance to changing "how things are done."

Okay, a place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Customer focus is key in all that is done here.

Cons: Plenty of corporate arrogance. Resistance to changing "how things are done."

Exceptional place learn & grow

Software Development Manager • Former Employee

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pros: A great company, filled with amazing and intelligent people. You learn and grow so much just by being at Amazon. The culture and rigor around their processes and standards are the highest in the industry. You will never experience growth and learning the way you can at Amazon.

Cons: To truly succeed and have fun at Amazon: You have to be ready to compromise your work/life balance and commit to your work because you are going to be competing with everyone else in the company who is facing the same choice. The company is filled with passionate people who are willing to make this choice. The people who succeed at Amazon have made this commitment, but they are also working with the best of the best on amazing projects, so the commitment is not inherently bad.

Exceptional place learn & grow

Software Development Manager • Former Employee

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pros: A great company, filled with amazing and intelligent people. You learn and grow so much just by being at Amazon. The culture and rigor around their processes and standards are the highest in the industry. You will never experience growth and learning the way you can at Amazon.

Cons: To truly succeed and have fun at Amazon: You have to be ready to compromise your work/life balance and commit to your work because you are going to be competing with everyone else in the company who is facing the same choice. The company is filled with passionate people who are willing to make this choice. The people who succeed at Amazon have made this commitment, but they are also working with the best of the best on amazing projects, so the commitment is not inherently bad.

Amazon - an exciting place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

January 2, 2018

Pros: Exciting place to work on new technologies. People are highly motivated and enthusiastic to get the job done. Fast-paced projects. Many opportunities to learn.

Cons: I'm a working mother, and so far, I've been able to have a good work-life balance.

4.0
Amazon - an exciting place to work
Software Development Manager • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
January 2, 2018
Pros: Exciting place to work on new technologies. People are highly motivated and enthusiastic to get the job done. Fast-paced projects. Many opportunities to learn.
Cons: I'm a working mother, and so far, I've been able to have a good work-life balance.

Okay, a place to work

Software Development Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Customer focus is key in all that is done here.

Cons: Plenty of corporate arrogance. Resistance to changing "how things are done."

3.0
Okay, a place to work
Software Development Manager • Current Employee
March 27, 2022
Pros: Customer focus is key in all that is done here.
Cons: Plenty of corporate arrogance. Resistance to changing "how things are done."

Exceptional place learn & grow

Software Development Manager • Former Employee

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pros: A great company, filled with amazing and intelligent people. You learn and grow so much just by being at Amazon. The culture and rigor around their processes and standards are the highest in the industry. You will never experience growth and learning the way you can at Amazon.

Cons: To truly succeed and have fun at Amazon: You have to be ready to compromise your work/life balance and commit to your work because you are going to be competing with everyone else in the company who is facing the same choice. The company is filled with passionate people who are willing to make this choice. The people who succeed at Amazon have made this commitment, but they are also working with the best of the best on amazing projects, so the commitment is not inherently bad.

4.0
Exceptional place learn & grow
Software Development Manager • Former Employee
Arlington, Virginia, United States
June 28, 2023
Pros: A great company, filled with amazing and intelligent people. You learn and grow so much just by being at Amazon. The culture and rigor around their processes and standards are the highest in the industry. You will never experience growth and learning the way you can at Amazon.
Cons: To truly succeed and have fun at Amazon: You have to be ready to compromise your work/life balance and commit to your work because you are going to be competing with everyone else in the company who is facing the same choice. The company is filled with passionate people who are willing to make this choice. The people who succeed at Amazon have made this commitment, but they are also working with the best of the best on amazing projects, so the commitment is not inherently bad.

Amazon Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Reorganize String

Rearrange the characters in a given string such that no two adjacent characters are the same. If such an arrangement is possible, return it; otherwise, return an empty string.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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