Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Neutral

Seattle, WAPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview attempts were all different, but they shared a common theme: they ended quickly and felt hard to read.

One process started with a hiring-manager-style conversation where the interviewer seemed to already have looked at my resume right before we met. They asked around seven or eight questions, followed up with more questions, and the whole meeting felt rushed and somewhat disorganized. I got rejected within about a day.

Another time, the process was very detailed and engineering-heavy, covering OS and computer/IOT topics and even included troubleshooting and monitoring. It was conducted in Japanese, which matched the speaking role, but it still felt like a lot of surface area.

In a separate

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Amazon Web Services interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company