Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

The technical questions I saw covered things like topological graph sorting, cycle detection in a linked list, and LRU cache. The behavioral round was built around their leadership principles.

The back-to-back format made it feel like they were testing my stamina and ability to stay consistent across different types of questions. Even though the rounds weren’t described as the most extreme difficulty, the variety kept me on my toes because I couldn’t just rely on a single problem-solving style.

I didn’t get an offer. My reflection afterward was that I handled each topic reasonably, but the