Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The process began in a pretty standard way: I submitted an application, then a recruiter contacted me and did a brief HR-style introduction.

After that, I had a one-hour online assessment (OA), followed by a set of rounds that included two DSA coding interviews, one system design interview, and one additional behavioral/leadership-style question (they referred to it as BQ). After those, I went through several team-matching rounds.

What threw me off was how hard the DSA felt—my sense was that the coding problems were close to LeetCode-hard, and I struggled to get the solutions to the level they expected under time pressure. The system design and leadership portion were more about structure and clear communication, but the

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