American Express Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Tempe, AZPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter reached out and scheduled a 45-minute Webex interview that focused on a backend role.

Most of the time was spent on resume-based questions and my prior experience, which made it feel like a screening built around my background rather than a technical deep dive.

Near the end, I was asked to do data interpretation: I was shown some data and had to ask clarifying questions before starting to solve the problem. That part was the most unexpected element for me compared to the earlier resume talk. As the conversation continued, it became clear they were specifically looking for backend experience, and my background leaned more front end.

I didn’t get selected. It wasn’t really

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