Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

The behavioral component focused on Amazon learning principles, and it came with an extra layer: I knew ahead of time to expect questions about GenAI usage.

They asked me about how large language models work at a high level, not just whether I’d heard of them. That thread ran alongside the rest of the technical and behavioral evaluation, so it felt like they were looking for both conceptual understanding and how I’d actually applied it.

I didn’t get an offer. My strongest takeaway was that the loop blended domain knowledge and behavioral alignment tightly enough that one weak spot—whether