American Express Software Engineer interview experience

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Phoenix, AZPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through Indeed and then received a video-meeting invite for an initial screening with a recruiter.

That first call was pretty straightforward and leaned on core Java concepts and basics of exception handling—things like the difference between checked and unchecked exceptions, plus an explanation of what IOC is.

After I cleared the screening, I got invited to a technical round on video. That part felt like the next step of validating my fundamentals more seriously, and I could tell they were checking whether I really understood the concepts I claimed on my background.

Across the process, it felt like a standard flow: recruiter screen first, then a technical interview once that’s cleared,

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