Amazon Advertising Software Engineer interview with five final interviews

Amazon Advertising·Software Engineer·Reported Aug 2026
Technical ScreenOnsiteHard

My process began with a recruiter screen and then a one-hour technical screen split between behavioral questions and coding. It immediately tested whether I could communicate while solving.

The final loop had five interviews. In the first three, I solved data-structures-and-algorithms problems in a shared coding environment while explaining my approach, then answered behavioral questions about Amazon leadership principles with STAR-style examples. Each of those rounds ended with a few minutes for my questions. Another round was behavioral only, with deep follow-ups on my decisions and results.

The process felt very difficult because I had to sustain live coding and leadership stories across so many interviews. I did not get an offer, and the hardest part was keeping my explanations and outcomes crisp throughout.

Location: Canada. Overall feedback: negative. Offer status: no offer.

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Interview at a glance

Company
Amazon Advertising
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Technical Screen → Onsite
Difficulty
Hard
Date
Reported Aug 2026

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