Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Neutral

Herndon, VAPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an HR screening first, and after that I moved into a remote onsite loop that basically took the whole day.

It was a five-person technical format, and I spent most of that time answering role-relevant questions and solving problems.

What felt strange was that some questions didn’t seem connected to the actual mechanical design the role would imply, which made the technical focus feel scattered. Even though the interviews were long and intense, I didn’t get to the point where I felt confident the questions were aligned.

I didn’t receive an offer, and my main takeaway was that the day-long loop didn’t feel coherent, so it was hard to build momentum in the way I usually could when the technical

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