Interview Experiences

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Amazon Web ServicesSolutions Architect
Reported Jul 2026

Solutions Architect interview at Amazon Web Services: withdrew after technical round

I entered through a referral and passed an initial assessment. That led to a recruiter phone screen and then a technical interview, so the process moved forward quickly once I cleared the test. I withdrew after the technical round and did not experience the full multi-round loop. The early funnel felt normal: assessment, recruiter call, then technical screen. Since I chose to step away, I cannot…

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Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview: LLD and GenAI onsite loop

After the OA, I reached four onsite rounds. The first focused on LLD, and later technical rounds combined coding with Leadership Principle questions. One later round added a GenAI component alongside another LeetCode-style coding question. The demanding part was switching among lower-level design, coding, and leadership discussion. The LeetCode questions felt medium overall, but the range of desi…

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Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview: timed OA and leadership-principles discussion

After a recruiter call, I completed an online assessment that took a few hours. It included DSA, Leadership Principles, and a work-style simulation about what I would do in a typical workday. I had to manage time tightly and optimize as I went. It felt fair but not forgiving. Soon after, I had a technical and behavioral interview. I worked through a medium-to-hard DSA problem and then answered Le…

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Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Amazon Web Services Software Engineer interview: online assessment and two interviews

The online assessment combined one or two LeetCode-style problems with a work simulation and a behavioral or Leadership Principles survey. Around the 2-hour mark, time pressure became real. I ran out of time on one question but made partial progress and kept going. I then had two back-to-back one-hour interviews, each with behavioral and technical portions. I used STAR examples tied to Amazon Lea…

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Amazon Web ServicesSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Amazon Web Services Software Engineer Interview Experience: Nerves in LP loop

I started with an about-one-hour phone screen that was mostly technical and felt as though my future manager ran it. The process then moved quickly into an LP-focused loop, structured around Amazon-style leadership thinking even when the technical work did not look extremely hard. I got a LeetCode-medium problem in the spirit of binary search. I understood it but nerves kept me from landing the s…

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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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