Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

Seattle, WAPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a pretty small loop—two interviews total.

One was behavioral and one was technical. On the technical side, the coding questions were LeetCode-style and landed around medium and easy difficulty. The behavioral round felt like the standard Amazon-style setup where they wanted clear examples.

The whole process felt manageable and I walked away thinking it was likely to go well based on the question set. Still, I didn’t receive an offer.

What surprised me was how a “pretty easy” technical set doesn’t automatically translate into a pass, since the leadership-principle fit and the depth of explanation in behavioral answers still

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