American Express Software Engineer interview experience

Posted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey was pretty clean on structure: I ended up doing four rounds total, including a hiring manager round.

HR told me the feedback from all rounds was positive, but the actual offer decision was still pending, because they had to forward my profile for the manager review.

I didn’t get a ton of detail on every prompt in those rounds—mostly I just focused on finishing each step and keeping my answers consistent with my resume. What stuck with me was the calm, “everything went well” feeling after each checkpoint, followed by the slow uncertainty at the end when they said they were still deciding on an offer.

By the time my four rounds were completed and HR confirmed positive feedback, I felt

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