Technical Screen

Amazon Software Engineer interview: sliding window and a debugging leadership story

AmazonSoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

I had a phone round with two focused prompts. One was a medium sliding-window problem, and I had to explain how I would approach it. The other was about leadership: describe a time I debugged an error, including the issue, how I researched and debugged it, and what I put in place to prevent it from recurring. It felt difficult because it paired a concrete algorithm with a detailed accountability…

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