American Express Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

Posted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I came in through a conference pipeline, and the whole thing moved fast.

At the conference, they covered at least some of the preparation material—there was a segment focused on merge sort. Within about a week, I got a single coding interview with two engineers, and then the process moved quickly from that straight to an offer decision.

The interview itself mixed concept questions with a coding problem. I remember the engineering team setting a comfortable tone, and it felt more like they were trying to understand how I think than trying to catch me off guard. The tasks also felt realistic, like they could map to what I’d actually do day to day.

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