Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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

The structure of my interview process was heavy on DSA and also included system-level evaluation.

I went through two coding rounds and a system design round, and the behavioral part used STAR-style storytelling. The topics they cared about leaned hard toward graphs and trees, and the interview language also reflected practical implementation concepts.

What made my experience especially draining was the intensity and the way everything alternated. My OA came first with two coding questions and a system simulation, and then I moved into a four-round virtual loop. Every single round began with a burst of behavioral questions digging into leadership principles, and then quickly switched into

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