Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Hard

Negative

MadridPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an assessment that took roughly four hours total and was split into three distinct parts.

The first was a LeetCode-style coding challenge centered on the prefix sum technique. The second was the toughest format-wise: I was given a full codebase spanning frontend and backend and had to track down and fix broken behavior like search/filter issues and incorrect URL redirects. An AI tool was available throughout, but it only offered guidance—it didn’t hand over an answer.

The third component was behavioral and felt unusually concrete. I was shown realistic workplace scenarios, including sample work emails, and then had to evaluate hypothetical responses by rating how appropriate they

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