Amazon Software Engineer Interview Experience — Bar Raiser Behavioral Marathon, a Parking Lot OOD, and Route-Planning Coding

Amazon·Software Engineer·Jul 2025
Onsitemedium

Round 1: it went straight into bar raiser mode, five BQs back to back for the whole round, totally overwhelmed me. The ones I roughly remember: most interesting/proud project, dealing with ambiguity, conflict/different opinions, how to make your work more efficient (something like that? I used "prioritize things"), and the most challenging thing you've dealt with. Tons of follow-ups, and the interviewer kept interrupting to ask technical details like how much data or what timeframe, plus LP-related stuff like how did you come up with doing it that way. As long as you can justify it technically, show what you want to show, and for the LP part just lean into it hard, you're fine.

Round 2: 3 BQs + OOD. It went into BQs again right away and I was stunned, worried I hadn't prepared enough, but this round had no follow-ups at all — just one short question each. Topics were tight deadlines, above and beyond, and one more I forgot, roughly related to different opinions and persuading other people. The OOD was a parking lot design, open-ended.

Round 3: two coding problems. The first one was similar to the OOD from the previous round — it was an ad matching problem with add and remove functions. The second was a logistics/delivery route planning problem.

Overall it felt okay. If anything I found the BQs more overwhelming than the coding — it's easy to confuse yourself while talking through them, so you really need to prepare enough for those.

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Company
Amazon
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Onsite
Difficulty
medium
Interview date
Jul 2025
Questions from this interview
4 questions

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