American Express Software Engineer interview experience

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United KingdomPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a pretty structured process that felt organized end to end, starting with a recruiter screen and then moving into interviews with more senior engineers and engineering managers.

The later rounds were a mix of behavioral questions based on my resume plus coding challenges and even puzzles, so the day wasn’t just about writing code—it was about how I reasoned while answering.

The technical portion in particular felt straightforward for my level, and the overall difficulty leaned average rather than brutal. I didn’t have the sense that the questions were trying to trick me; they were more about consistency and matching the job’s core expectations.

Where the process dragged a bit for me was between stages—responses took a long time, and it made me wait longer than I

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