Interview Experiences

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AmazonSoftware EngineerIntern
Jan 2026

Two Back-to-Back Rounds, BQ Plus OOD and a Graph Problem

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AmazonSoftware EngineerIntern
Jan 2026

BQ Plus Two Coding Questions in One Virtual Onsite

I interviewed for an Amazon intern VO (virtual onsite) last week — it was BQ plus two coding questions. I've done a lot of Amazon intern interviews by now, and I'd already seen writeups for the other rounds and the OA before this one. A few of the BQ questions were ones I'd seen before. First, the BQ part: How do you handle difficulties at work How do you encourage your team when they hit a diffi…

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AmazonData ScientistSenior+
Jan 2026

L5 Technical Screen, Rejected Over the BQ Round

In 2026 there have been almost no Amazon DS interview write-ups here on 1point3acres — I'm starting to wonder if they're on a hiring freeze. I'm writing one up so people have something to reference. Around mid-March I had applied to 2 AS (Applied Scientist) roles. A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn and scheduled a recruiter call a few days later. On that call they told me AS roles are most…

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AmazonSoftware EngineerIntern
Jan 2026

Robotics Charging Logic and Package Dimensions

I read a lot of interview reports here while preparing, so now I'm giving something back, especially since there seem to be so few Amazon Robotics posts. I interviewed in March this year for a summer 2026 internship. Two rounds, one hour each, both behavioral questions + LeetCode. Make sure to prepare the Leadership Principles well. Behavioral questions took half an hour in the manager round. Be…

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AmazonSoftware EngineerIntern
Jan 2026

Team Matching Before Two One-Hour Interviews

Behavioral (after OA): This year, there were two interviews, each 1 hour long. They team matched before the interview, so I ended up getting an offer under the team that interviewed me. Interviewers were the manager of that team and an L5 SWE (SWE II, one above entry level), both consisted of a technical leetcode-style question, then behavioral. Manager spent more time on behavioral, SWE spent mo…

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AmazonApplied Scientist
Jan 2026

Five Onsite Rounds, Almost Every One With an LP Twist

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AmazonSoftware Engineer
Jan 2026

Weighted Random Generator, Then a Statewide Sensor System Design

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AmazonPrincipal EngineerSenior+
Jan 2026

a Two-Month Loop and a Bar Raiser With Zero Technical Questions

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AmazonSoftware EngineerSenior+
Jan 2026

Four Onsite Rounds, Rejected After the System Design Round

Timeline: referral, then a recruiter call two weeks later that set up the phone screen for a week after that, then the onsite (four rounds) a week after that, and a rejection two days after the onsite. Overall impression: the coding difficulty wasn't that high, basically all LeetCode Medium, and every round asked Leadership Principles (LP) questions. I think what got me in the end was System Desi…

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AmazonSoftware EngineerNew Grad
Jan 2026

Three Rounds Back to Back, from Behavioral to System Design

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AmazonMachine Learning Engineer
Dec 2025

Phone Screen ML Deep-Dive Then a Five-Round Onsite

Phone Screen Part one was ML knowledge. The interviewer basically didn't ask about basic definitions — the whole thing revolved around digging into my project. From model selection to training details to evaluation, every answer just led to another follow-up. Typical questions included: how did you do evaluation for your model? Which metrics did you use? Why did you choose them? What are the math…

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AmazonApplied ScientistSenior+
Dec 2025

Passed the Tech Screen Despite an Unfinished Graph Question

An Amazon recruiter found me on a job site and had me apply for a senior applied scientist role. The recruiter met with me first and walked me through the general shape of the tech screen — ML breadth plus coding. ML Breadth. The interviewer was pretty nice. This part asked a lot of fundamental questions, like: 1) What is a p-value? 2) What is overfitting and underfitting, and how do you address…

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AmazonMachine Learning Engineer
Dec 2025

Onsite Loop for the Grand Challenge Health-AI Incubator

Grand Challenge is Amazon's internal incubator, similar to Google X — in fact it was founded in 2014 by Babak Parviz, the former Director of Google X. Right now it's mainly focused on applying AI to healthcare, and the project is highly confidential outside the team. That said, the interviewers and the hiring manager were warm and friendly, and the overall experience was positive. The interview h…

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AmazonSDE II
Nov 2025

An Internal Transfer That Felt Like a Full Onsite

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AmazonSoftware EngineerIntern
Oct 2025

Two Back-to-Back VOs, an Extra-Interview Scare, and an Offer

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AmazonMachine Learning Engineer
Oct 2025

90 Minutes Covering System Design, RL, and a Graph-Cycle Coding Question

Basically felt like going into battle with my head already wrapped in bandages, wounded before I even started. It was originally scheduled for one hour, but it ended up running an hour and a half. The coverage was extremely comprehensive: 1) First, a self-introduction covering the projects I'd done, but with a bit of a science-breadth angle mixed in — this took 3-5 minutes. 2) Right after that ca…

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AmazonData ScientistIntern
Oct 2025

Phone Screen, Data Assessment, and a Rocky Team Match

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AmazonBusiness Intelligence EngineerNew Grad
Oct 2025

Five Onsite Rounds and a Verbal Offer

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AmazonData Scientist
Oct 2025

A Phone Screen With Four BQs and No SQL

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AmazonEconomist InternIntern
Oct 2025

Failed on a Shuttle-Bus Causal Inference Case

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What are interview experiences?

An interview experience is a candidate's own account of a hiring loop — not a question bank entry. It tells you the shape of the process: how many rounds there were, what each round actually tested, how long the gaps between them ran, and what the recruiter said at the end. That context is the part a question list cannot give you.

How to read them

Weight recent write-ups more heavily — interview loops change, often within a year. Read several for the same company and role rather than one: a single account tells you what one interviewer asked, while five tell you what the bar is. Note the outcome badge too, since a rejection write-up usually explains the gap far more precisely than an offer one.

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