Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

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

My process started with a standard recruiter call, and then I went into an hour-long hiring-manager interview with two panels.

Most of it leaned behavioral at first, with the kind of questions that pushed me to explain my reasoning behind my choices—questions like how and why, rather than just telling my story.

For the technical side, I designed a review-and-feedback system and had to justify decisions, including why I’d pick one approach over another. What stood out was that the difficulty felt “average,” but the questions were precise and expected me to be careful in how I framed my solutions. I also realized I hadn’t prepared deeply enough for the style of what they wanted, especially around basic DSA and being

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