Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

I spent most of that call working through how I’d approach an LRU cache, and the interviewer grilled the mechanics of combining a hashmap with a doubly linked list. I remember feeling fairly prepared because I’d walked through system design examples beforehand and felt comfortable talking about eviction behavior and the kinds of edge cases that show up.

After that, the process moved into a broader loop. I went through multiple rounds that mixed technical questions and behavioral discussions, with leadership principles showing up as a recurring theme. The loop interviews felt fairly