Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Austin, TXPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an OA that used a HackerRank-style format: two coding questions that were kind of hard, and I didn’t end up passing all the test cases.

Even so, I still moved forward. There were also situational multiple-choice questions, and then I entered the Boston in-person stage with two back-to-back interview rounds.

The first live interview felt like a leadership-principles style deep dive tied to resume digging. I got interrupted while working through the discussion, and the interviewer kept going down lines that pushed me to justify choices more thoroughly. The second interview was a better experience: it combined Amazon LP questions with technical leetcode problem-solving. Overall, it was difficult but more complete than just

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