Amazon Advertising Software Engineer interview experience: coding and leadership principles

Amazon Advertising·Software Engineer·Reported Jul 2026
Online AssessmentTechnical ScreenOtherEasy

I began with an online assessment that had one data-structure coding question and an AI coding question. Then came four interviews. Two combined data-structure coding with leadership-principles discussion, another paired low-level design with leadership principles, and the bar-raiser-style round was leadership principles only. Leadership themes came up even in rounds that otherwise felt technical.

I also went through a similar setup that opened with coding and continued with three one-hour interviews with different team members. One was entirely coding, one mixed coding and behavioral questions, and the last was behavioral only.

The difficulty felt average. I did not receive an offer. My main takeaway was that leadership questions were woven into the technical interviews instead of being saved for one behavioral round.

Location: San Diego, CA. Overall feedback: positive. Offer status: no offer.

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Interview at a glance

Company
Amazon Advertising
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Online Assessment → Technical Screen → Other
Difficulty
Easy
Date
Reported Jul 2026

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