Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Hard

Positive

California City, CAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My technical interviews were the kind that started by testing core problem-solving, but then the questions themselves didn’t feel like standard templates.

I ended up with a round that included one coding question plus several behavioral questions, and the coding problem was unconventional—more about creative reasoning than relying on the usual data-structure patterns.

In another round, I had two medium DSA questions covering things like sliding window and an anagram-related problem. After that, the interviewer shifted into questions based on my resume, then moved into an HR-style discussion about how I’d fit with the team. The overall vibe made it clear they wanted both algorithmic thinking and the ability to translate my work into how I

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