Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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SydneyPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter-style stage and then moved into two one-hour interviews with the same general structure.

Each interview ran with a split between behavioral and technical, and the interviews felt polished—engaging, with people who asked follow-ups and stayed thorough.

In the technical portions, I worked through data structures and algorithms and had to explain how I approached problems. In one of the rounds, we started from a resume discussion and then shifted into a DSA problem, followed by a leadership-principles situation based on what I’d described. The interviewer guided the path when I got stuck, and that made me feel less thrown off than I expected.

As the interviews progressed, the

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