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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Amazon DSP Software Engineer interview: pressure-focused technical and behavioral loopAmazon DSP · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The loop felt brutally hard and unusually streamlined, as though speed and pressure mattered more than comfort. It mixed behavioral and technical questions, but artificial time pressure dominated the experience. The setup was a deliberate stress test. There was an hour-like constraint for a large project, and it felt as though the goal was to see whether I would break under that pressure. The pro…
- Amazon DSP Software Engineer interview: three-month onsite waitAmazon DSP · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My Amazon DSP process slowed down after the OA. It took around three months to hear about an onsite at the New York office, where I had an SWE round and a managerial round back to back. The initial assessment had two coding problems, one algorithmic and one mathematical, plus a short work-style survey. After that screen, I completed a 45-minute phone interview focused on behavioral questions and…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer Interview Experience: DSA and leadership principlesAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Rejected
I completed four dense interviews of about an hour apiece. There was a lot of DSA, including several medium LeetCode-style questions and a tougher later round involving DP and graphs. Amazon Leadership Principles were expected throughout the technical answers as well. One round paired technical work with behavioral expectations, so I had to show ownership and a willingness to dive into details wh…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer Interview Experience: Four different formats in an online assessmentAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
After the recruiter screen, I took an online assessment that felt structured and timed. It started with coding on two LeetCode-medium questions, then shifted to workplace and behavioral situations where I had to choose how I would respond. It also had a short personality-style section asking how different skill statements matched me. The second time through the process, the online stage had four…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview with a four-part final loopAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The process felt well organized from the start. The recruiting team kept things clear, even when one session had to be rescheduled because of an interviewer emergency. At the final stage, I went through a four-interview technical loop covering data structures and algorithms, object-oriented design, system design, and behavioral questions tied to leadership principles. The interviewers were profes…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: about five DSA questionsAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I began with an online assessment and then moved into technical interviews that were unusually heavy on algorithmic problem solving. Recruiter communication was present, but the rounds themselves were stressful. They focused heavily on Amazon Leadership Principles and DSA. During the coding-heavy part, I had about five DSA questions. I solved roughly two, while the others did not land for me. The…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: debugging a full-stack repositoryAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
Much of my process involved coding and debugging at home. I started with a HackerRank/LeetCode-style question with about 40 minutes to work on it, followed by a debugging assignment that took around an hour. The repository was a full-stack application, and one API call wasn't behaving as expected. I had to trace the problem and fix it so all the tests passed. Understanding how the existing pieces…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: edge cases and unfinished assessment questionsAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The online coding assessment focused on DSA fundamentals and edge cases. I had several coding questions of different difficulty, and the last one was particularly demanding because it had many edge cases. A merely working baseline was not enough. Timing was the problem for me. I could partly solve an earlier DSA question, but the edge cases and debugging absorbed the time I needed to finish and p…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: four interviews in one dayAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
I applied and completed an online assessment. About a week later, I had four interviews in a single day. The recruiter was responsive and walked me through how the process would run, which eased a lot of my uncertainty. The technical and behavioral rounds matched what I expected for the role. With the stages packed together, there was little time to overthink between conversations; I just moved f…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: high-pressure three-round loopAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
After an initial online assessment, I moved into a tight interview loop that felt intentionally stressful. Behavioral and technical questions were mixed together, and the pace was aggressive enough to feel like a deliberate stress test. The clock mattered, and the setup seemed designed to see whether I could stay coherent and productive under pressure. I had three back-to-back interviews after th…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: leadership and ownership storiesAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My online assessment combined coding with a work-style survey. The phone interview after it was entirely behavioral. I had to organize past experiences into STAR-style answers: the situation, the task I owned, what I did and what happened as a result. The recruiter and interview structure came up early. The process included an initial recruiter check, the OA and interviews with a strong focus on…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: panel loopAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My process began with an online assessment that combined a leadership-principles-style behavioral component with coding. After I passed, I moved into a back-to-back, in-person-style interview loop, and the number of perspectives on the panel was immediately noticeable. The hiring manager started with behavioral questions tied to Leadership Principles and a deep look at my background and projects.…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: practical codingAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026Rejected
I had a shorter, fairly direct process with two to three rounds that combined behavioral discussion and lighter technical work. The behavioral round checked Bias for Action, my fluency with GenAI ideas, and how I handle troubleshooting situations. The coding round was more about practical problem solving than deep systems work. Most of the coding was easy to medium LeetCode-style material. I reme…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: technical and leadership loopAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
After the early steps, I entered a fast-moving loop that combined technical interviews with leadership-focused behavioral questions. Each round paired a behavioral component with technical work, and one round was purely behavioral. The technical topics ranged across strings, priority queues, and object-oriented design. The bar-raiser-style round felt hardest. It was not only more intense because…
- Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services Software Engineer interview: work simulation, technical screen and virtual loopAmazon Kuiper Commercial Services · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
I spoke with a recruiter and, about a week later, took an online assessment with coding challenges, a work simulation, and behavioral questions about Amazon Leadership Principles. It felt deliberately structured to test both my thinking and how I would operate in a role. Then came technical screening and a multi-round virtual loop. Data structures, algorithms, and system-design basics drove the t…
- Amazon Product Manager interview: organized PM scenariosAmazon · Product Manager · Jul 2026
A recruiter first covered my background and asked about specific PM problems I had worked on, why I chose my approaches, and their impact. Scheduling then came with clear notice of timing and what each next round would involve. Later I had two video rounds. One was a greenfield product/design problem where I framed the problem and discussed tradeoffs. The other focused on PM routines and a diffic…
- Amazon Project Manager interview with a timed AI-led Leadership Principles screeningAmazon · Project Manager · Jul 2026
My process started with a recruiter email screen, followed soon by a recorded, timed virtual interview led by AI. A virtual interviewer asked behavioral questions tied to Amazon's Leadership Principles. I answered on camera and had to handle follow-up prompts while the clock kept moving, which made it feel more pressured than a normal screen. About a week later, I had a one-hour video interview w…
- Amazon Robotics Engineer interview: AI-assisted code modification and DSAAmazon · Robotics Engineer · Jul 2026Offer
My loop had two main rounds. The first focused on generative AI: I received a coding question and then had to modify the code using any AI model. The second was still heavy on DSA, but I was not asked to use AI for that round. The overall difficulty felt easier. What made the process different was the explicit requirement to use AI for code modification instead of treating it as optional. I felt…
- Amazon Software Engineer internship interview: leadership principles and FBA pitchAmazon · Software Engineer · Intern · Jul 2026Offer
For this internship role, I had two one-hour interviews focused on Amazon’s Leadership Principles. Questions covered delivering results, earning trust, diving deep, and ownership. The interviews also reflected that the position was sales-oriented. There was a simulated customer pitch about adopting Amazon FBA. The difficulty felt easy, and the process was driven by the principles, with the sales…
- Amazon Software Engineer interviewAmazon · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
This was an online virtual loop focused on data-center work, with several rounds over a couple of days. Each round mixed situation-based and behavioral prompts with technical discussion relevant to that environment. The interviewers ranged from manager to principal and staff engineer. The individual questions felt average in difficulty, but the multi-day schedule and seniority of the interviewers…
- Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience: a virtual onsite across coding, system design, and behavioral workAmazon · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
I began with an online assessment, then moved into a virtual onsite with multiple rounds. The onsite felt like a continuous loop rather than isolated checks. I kept switching between coding, system design, and behavioral questions. The interviewers also explored my prior experience and projects, so I had to explain my background and decisions as well as solve questions. The difficulty felt tough,…
- Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience: coding rounds with leadership questionsAmazon · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The schedule was four rounds of about an hour each. Three were coding-focused, and the last was system design. Every round also contained roughly 25 minutes of Leadership Principles questions. The coding was mostly LeetCode easy to medium, so the larger pressure came from handling leadership prompts while still producing clean solutions. I did not receive an offer. I felt the format did not allow…
- Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience: Coding, debugging, and behavioral checksAmazon · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
The early stages mixed quick screening with focused technical checks. I had a phone interview of about 45 minutes, split between behavioral questions and a coding problem with follow-ups. The interviewer was warm and nice, which made it easier to think. Earlier in the pipeline, I also remember a quick chat, an OA, more behavioral questions, and then a technical round with medium LeetCode question…
- Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience: four mixed behavioral and technical roundsAmazon · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
I had four rounds: behavioral, low-level design, DSA, and a hybrid round combining AI-style behavioral questions with DSA. Each included at least five to 10 minutes of behavioral discussion, so none of the technical rounds was purely technical. Most of the process felt fair. The disruption came in the third round, where the interviewer had connection problems and did not seem to fully understand…
- Amazon Software Engineer interview experience: LP-focused OA loopAmazon · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
I went through an OA-style loop that focused heavily on a weakness of mine: LP. The coding questions were not my main concern because they were relatively straightforward LeetCode-style problems. The interviewers spent about half an hour on linear-programming scenarios and another half hour on coding questions in the same general LeetCode style. That pattern came up across two rounds, so LP was n…
- Amazon Software Engineer interview experience: month-long wait before final roundAmazon · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
I began with an online assessment that combined technical questions with managerial and behavioral components. Then I waited about a month for an online final-round interview. The final round also mixed technical and behavioral questions. It felt like they were judging both how I solved problems and how I communicated through my experience. The structure itself was straightforward, but I kept hav…
- Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience: OA with AI website debuggingAmazon · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
The process began with an online assessment with several parts, then moved to interviews. The OA included medium-to-hard DSA problems, a work simulation where a website had a bug and I was expected to use AI to work through it, and several behavioral, situation-focused questions. The interview stages had a similar emphasis on scenarios and problem framing rather than one isolated coding question.…
- Amazon Software Engineer interview experience: systems prompts and declined offerAmazon · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
After a recruiter-style start, I went straight into a technical process that felt brutal because the hard topics kept piling up. One design prompt asked me to work through a concurrent restaurant waitlist and seating system, which meant reasoning about correctness and coordination instead of reaching for a quick answer. Next came a weighted binary-grid pathfinding problem that tested my algorithm…
- Amazon Software Engineer interview obtained through a hackathon with a friendly online coding roundAmazon · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
I got the opportunity through an Amazon hackathon, and the process began with an online interview. The interviewer was friendly and easy to talk to, which helped because the session started with a simple introduction before moving into the questions. The coding portion felt medium difficulty overall. It was not the most intimidating format, but it still required me to explain myself clearly while…
- Amazon Software Engineer interview with a team-aligned pair of one-hour technical sessionsAmazon · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
I received an online assessment first, and then the process moved quickly to interviews aligned with the team I was being considered for. I had two interviews on the same day, each about an hour. Both mixed behavioral questions about past experiences and how I had worked with technical questions. The difficulty felt lighter than what I had heard about similar loops. The day felt manageable becaus…
