Amazon Lab126 Software Engineer interview experience

In both, I got a medium LeetCode-style problem paired with behavioral questions, and the interviewers followed up with more questions after I gave my initial answers. The whole time added up to about an hour total, so I felt the pressure to be efficient and organized.

What surprised me was how much the follow-ups mattered. For the behavioral parts, it wasn’t enough to state what I’d done—I had to extend the reasoning behind my choices, using the examples I’d already laid out. On the coding side, they also pushed on my approach, asking for the reasoning behind the way I’d proceed and what I’d