Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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San Diego, CAPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My journey began with an online assessment, and then I moved into a set of four interviews.

The OA included an online coding test with one data-structure question and an AI coding question.

After that, the loop was split across four rounds. Two rounds were focused on data structure coding plus leadership-principles discussion, one round combined low-level design with leadership principles, and one round was bar raiser style with leadership principles only. Even when the format felt technical, leadership framing stayed present.

I also experienced a similar structure where the first stage was coding, followed by three one-hour interviews with different team members. One interview

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