Amazon Advertising Software Engineer interview: STAR examples, coding and debugging

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

I passed an online assessment combining coding with behavioral questions about Amazon Leadership Principles. The next interviews used an in-person-style format over video. The first focused mostly on leadership principles, my experience and previous projects.

Toward the end of the loop, I worked through a system-design coding problem and had more hands-on technical discussions with engineers. I explained my thinking while solving a LeetCode-style question and discussed the solution with several interviewers. The final rounds mixed data structures, system design, debugging and leadership principles. The time limits made the practical questions feel unforgiving.

I didn't receive an offer, but it was still one of my more positive interview experiences. The questions felt fair, and the interviewers were respectful. I learned how much they expected specific STAR examples alongside sound technical fundamentals.

Location: United States. 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
Difficulty
Hard
Date
Reported Jul 2026

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