American Express Software Engineer interview experience

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

After I applied, the process kicked off with a video interview that was mostly behavioral, and it felt pretty standard for how they wanted me to walk through my background.

I then went into a round of testing right before the final conversation, and finally I had a live coding interview to close things out.

What stood out was the overall rhythm: video screen first, then an assessment step, and then coding in a live setting. The difficulty level across the journey felt in the medium-to-average range overall—structured in what they asked and aligned with the role—though the exact weight of the later rounds made it more stressful as it got closer to the end. I didn’t end up getting an offer, but the process still felt fairly focused on the right topics.

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