Technical Screen

a Vague LockingTree Screen That Ran Long

AmazonSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Aug 2025

I interviewed for L6 last Friday — I'm probably 80% sure I failed. It was with the Aurora team, and the interviewer ran the whole thing. The interview was scheduled for one hour, but I got tortured for an hour and a half. Right off the bat the guy spent about 10 minutes introducing himself, then had me talk about a time I both challenged and simplified a system — the scope needed to be big enough…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.