Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

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East Palo Alto, CAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process started with a long coding assessment that lasted about three and a half hours.

After that, there were three rounds in total, each about an hour, with a short break in the middle. The topics were split between coding and Leadership Principles, and it felt like they wanted both technical execution and clear behavioral examples.

I ended up receiving an offer a few days later, and I was given a week to respond. What surprised me was how quickly that timeline moved after such a long sequence. Overall it was difficult, but the structure was clear enough that I understood what I was being evaluated on each day.

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