Amazon Software Engineer interview experience (2026)

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

Dublin, DublinPosted Sep 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an OA where there was one DSA question that felt the most difficult in the loop: a problem like “maximum coins from K consecutive bags.” Alongside that, there was a debugging round and a work simulation component, which I found relatively easier.

After the OA, the phone screen took a while because there were reschedules and delays that pushed the timeline out by about a month. Once it finally happened, I moved into a final loop where each round mixed several behavioral questions with a technical component. Over the loop, I dealt with multiple DSA problems and also a system design question.

Even though I didn’t get the offer, the feedback they gave me was detailed, which was surprisingly helpful. They told me my behavioral stories weren’t deep enough, that they weren’t very data-driven or scaled, and that my system design had time

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