American Airlines Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

HyderābādPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went into the process expecting evaluation aligned with the role, but it ended up feeling unfair and confusing.

I answered technical questions that matched my background successfully, and I solved the coding challenges they gave me with the output they required.

Then, after the relevant technical work was done, I was thrown a random logic puzzle that didn’t connect clearly to coding, DSA, or system design. The interviewers kept adjusting the conditions midstream until I couldn’t keep up with the changing rules, and it felt like that single non-technical detour became the deciding factor.

What surprised me wasn’t just the topic—it was how the evaluation criteria seemed to shift without warning,

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