Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

HyderābādPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process started with an assignment-style test that mixed technologies—Java-related depth questions, React, some SQL, and even a bit of DevOps.

After my first round, they also had a paper-based written problem-solving step.

I ended up getting rejected at that written stage. The context that hurt me was that I traveled a long distance to attend the interview, and I didn’t feel prepared enough because of the time and logistics. With 40+ hours of travel on top of everything, it became hard to be mentally fresh for the evaluation.

The difficulty felt difficult for me, and the outcome was rejection without an offer. My reflection was that the format might have been manageable if I’d arrived fully ready, but the travel situation made it

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