Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an OA, and the technical part felt fairly approachable.

I had LeetCode-style problems that leaned on DP and a tree, so I could focus on the algorithmic thinking. What threw me off wasn’t the coding—it was the behavioral portion, which was tightly tied to Amazon Leadership Principles.

In the interview loop, I ended up doing a mix of DSA coding and leadership-focused behavioral questions with follow-ups. The hiring structure emphasized LP mapping through STAR-style stories, and I could feel the bar raiser angle coming through as more leadership questions rather than surprise technical twists. I tried to answer every LP question, but I froze up

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