Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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SingaporePosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the phone interview, I moved into a loop with four 60-minute rounds.

The thing that made the process feel intense was that it was back-to-back, so I had to stay sharp and consistent across the whole day.

My question focused on resolving a situation using the STAR method, and they explicitly pushed me to tie it back to Amazon leadership principles. I was expected to structure my story clearly—what happened, what I did, and why I made the decisions I did—while also showing how the leadership principles showed up in the way I handled it.

I worked through it the best I could, but I didn’t receive an offer. Looking back, the hardest part wasn’t only the prompt—it

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