Hire the best, use them for menial tasks
Hire the best, use them for menial tasks
Relatively good software development practices
The Toronto office is a second-class citizen in the Amazon world. The salary is lower than in Seattle, and the work is less interesting. Working in a remote office means spending half of the day writing emails. You can get into a team in which you almost don't get to code and spend a lot of time with administration and maintenance. Amazon's frugality is sometimes ridiculous – you get the cheapest monitors, keyboards, etc., regardless of poor quality.
Have some Toronto-based projects which require less worldwide communication. Raise the salaries to the level in Seattle. Don't be cheap.
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1 online assessment round and 4 on-site rounds. Questions were around DS/algo, mostly medium to hard LeetCode. Interviewed for SDE-2, down-leveled to SDE-1. Also, some design-based questions.
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I was interviewed at Amazon in July 2025 for a Software Development Engineer I position. After I applied, I received an online assessment which had a validity of 7 days. Following that, I had one virtual interview with a senior manager.
Software Development Engineer
I cannot pass the phone interview round. I struggle to answer behavioral questions clearly because I don't fully understand the questions. My English proficiency is limited, and I sometimes miss vocabulary. Regarding technical questions, I often get
Software Development Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMay 1, 20201 online assessment round and 4 on-site rounds. Questions were around DS/algo, mostly medium to hard LeetCode. Interviewed for SDE-2, down-leveled to SDE-1. Also, some design-based questions.
Software Development Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 1, 2025I was interviewed at Amazon in July 2025 for a Software Development Engineer I position. After I applied, I received an online assessment which had a validity of 7 days. Following that, I had one virtual interview with a senior manager.
Software Development Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaApril 1, 2022I cannot pass the phone interview round. I struggle to answer behavioral questions clearly because I don't fully understand the questions. My English proficiency is limited, and I sometimes miss vocabulary. Regarding technical questions, I often get
