Amazon Services Software Engineer interview experience

The loop was four rounds, and each round included leadership principles—thirty minutes of that, with the rest of the time dedicated to problem solving. The day also included a mix of interview styles: a bar raiser, a system design round, and two coding rounds.

That full-day structure made the process feel intense and mentally tiring, but it also gave a clear sense of what they were evaluating at different points—from how I reasoned on code, to how I approached design, to how I framed my decisions through leadership principles.

I got an offer. My main takeaway was how quickly the focus