Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

HaifaPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My focus was pretty technical from the start, especially around automation and how I’d work in a devops/CI-CD kind of environment.

During the interview, they asked me to describe my background and what I’d done with automation, CI/CD, and the team and DevOps context.

The interviewer wasn’t very hands-on during the process; they mostly watched to see whether I accounted for edge cases and whether I could think through the details without extra prompting. I felt okay with the conversation, but it wasn’t a collaborative vibe where I got much guidance.

I didn’t get an offer. Honestly, what stood out most was that the evaluation felt like a check for thoroughness—especially around the corners—not just whether I could

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