Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

The interviews were incredibly stressful and draining, and I kept running into the kind of friction that wears you down over time: having to repeat yourself, endless scheduling coordination, and the pressure to stay sharp through on-demand performance.

I remember feeling completely wiped out by the time I finished everything, not because every round was inherently impossible, but because the experience stretched my focus and energy until it stopped feeling sustainable.

I didn’t end up getting an offer, and honestly my reflection was that the interview process itself—how it was run and how