Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

After that, the loop came as four hour-long interviews, so it felt like a full day of interviews rather than a quick chat-and-go.

Most of the loop was three medium LeetCode questions plus one system design interview. The system design topic was about shadow deploying a test software to millions of users, which forced me to think carefully about rollout, safety, and operational realities rather than just writing code.

I ended up getting an offer, but I didn’t accept it. Even though I was able to get through the core technical parts, I still reflected that the experience—especially the