Amazon·Software Engineer

Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Seattle, WAPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview was spread across two days, and each day had two rounds, with each round lasting about an hour.

The content varied by interviewer, so it didn’t feel completely scripted.

In round one, I got two leadership-principle questions and then a coding problem: Word Search II. I started with the baseline where the grid size was fixed, and then there was a follow-up asking how I’d handle it if the grid size was no longer fixed. Round two was only leadership-principle questions. Round three repeated the pattern: two leadership-principle questions followed by another coding problem, House Robber using DP. Round four included two or three leadership-principle questions plus an OOP design question

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