RejectedOnsite

Four Onsite Rounds, Rejected After the System Design Round

AmazonSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Jan 2026

Timeline: referral, then a recruiter call two weeks later that set up the phone screen for a week after that, then the onsite (four rounds) a week after that, and a rejection two days after the onsite. Overall impression: the coding difficulty wasn't that high, basically all LeetCode Medium, and every round asked Leadership Principles (LP) questions. I think what got me in the end was System Desi…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.