American Express Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

Posted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process was short—about three weeks from when I applied online to when I interviewed in March 2025.

The technical part was split into two chunks, thirty minutes followed by another thirty minutes. The questions skewed toward LeetCode easy to medium, with a lot of emphasis on string manipulation.

I also got pulled into resume-based conversation, so I talked about my previous internship experience and walked through details on my background. It wasn’t only about coding; they wanted me to connect the work I’d done to what I listed on my resume, and the tone suggested they expected me to be confident with core data structures.

I ended up receiving an offer. What I remember most is how

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