Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

CanadaPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My loop had a mix of technical and design, and the flow was pretty consistent.

I went through two technical rounds and then a system design round, followed by a 1:1 conversation with a manager.

The two technical rounds were LeetCode-style problem solving, and then the system design round was focused on thinking about designing large-scale systems—more about how I’d structure the approach than about any single algorithm. In the manager conversation, it stayed grounded in the bigger picture of how I work.

I ended up getting an offer. The part that surprised me most was how cleanly the process shifted from day-to-day coding into architectural thinking, without feeling

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