Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

London, EnglandPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

This ended up being frustrating more than anything else.

The technical and personality parts themselves weren’t the main issue—the process drag was. It had been more than a year of interviewing, and I didn’t feel like anyone was keeping me fully updated or looping me in consistently.

My sequence started with a home technical exam, then moved to a home technical plus personality set, and later there was a Zoom technical exam. I kept waiting for clarity on timing and what “next” really meant, and instead it just kept stretching out. I walked away from the experience feeling burned out, not because I couldn’t handle questions, but because the lack of

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