Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

HaifaPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process kicked off with an online assessment that mixed behavioral prompts tied to Amazon-style leadership principles with a separate coding section.

After I cleared that, I moved into the in-person stage. My first conversation was with the hiring manager, and it felt heavily behavioral: I talked through my background and projects, and I was asked leadership-principle questions framed around specific moments, where they wanted clear examples.

Towards the end of that same interview, I was given a system-design-flavored coding problem. Then I went into the more technical rounds with engineering interviewers. I had to solve a LeetCode-style problem live, narrate my reasoning as I worked, and then walk through my final approach. The

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