Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview path felt like a loop-style setup with multiple rounds back to back, where the evaluation leaned heavily on behavioral expectations and leadership framing.

I started with resume deep-dive and behavioral questions, and then I got coding that was mixed into the same loop rhythm. Interviewers were friendly, but the questions still felt demanding because they wanted stories that mapped cleanly to Amazon leadership themes.

In one of the loop interviews, they really emphasized STAR-style structure. It wasn’t that the technical part was impossible, but I felt the overall bar was about having the “right” kind of experience and articulation that wasn’t spelled out in the job description. Only a small portion of the loop rounds had technical questions,

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