Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview experience

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

My process followed a clear progression: an online assessment first, then a phone screen, and finally a virtual onsite.

Each round ran for about 30 minutes for a leadership principles discussion, with the emphasis on things like bias for action, customer obsession, deliver results, and ownership.

There was also a substantial technical component in the same onsite rounds—about 25 minutes focused on coding/system design. For system design, the work centered on designing a log system, and then the interviewers went deeper based on my design to test how I would reason through choices and tradeoffs.

In the end, I didn’t get an offer. Honestly, the hardest part for me wasn’t only the technical depth—it was holding

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