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Amazon Software Engineer interview experience

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Austin, TXPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an online assessment, and then I moved into two follow-up interviews.

The assessment phase included two LeetCode-style questions, and then the interview rounds repeated the pattern of technical and behavioral focus. One of the interviews was a coding round and the other emphasized behavioral questions grounded in Amazon’s Leadership Principles.

For the behavioral portion, I had to explain how my past experiences matched different principles—so it wasn’t just “tell me about yourself,” it was more about showing decision-making, ownership, and how I handled real situations. I found that the leadership-focused questions were the part I underestimated at first; the

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