American Express Software Engineer interview experience

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Los Angeles, CAPosted Feb 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience had a lot of questioning around my background before things got technical.

The vibe was that they wanted me to come in with a strong understanding of what they needed and a clear programming focus, including having the right language experience. The process also felt like it benefited from knowing the environment ahead of time, because when I walked in, it was obvious they were trying to match me to a specific role need.

The technical rounds in this stretch were heavy on both data structures and design, with multiple formats in sequence. I had data structure questions that included patterns like a sliding window and a rotated array, then I got a high-level design

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