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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: campus OA, graph problems, and GenAI discussion

The process was shaped by an on-campus format with several elimination steps before anything resembling a final loop. It began with an OA that included frequency-based sorting, greedy and observation-based array work, an Amazon Leadership Principles work simulation, and a feedback and workstyle survey. Round 1 was a 1-hour virtual interview using Zoom and a live coding platform. After a short int…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: STAR stories and networking depth

The recruiter-style phone screen started with my background and became more probing as it went on. I described my current experience and projects, and each answer brought questions about why I'd made particular choices. Using STAR helped organize my stories, though the follow-ups became increasingly technical. I also answered networking questions about TCP/IP, OSPF and BGP. More structured interv…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: DSA and Leadership Principles

The process leaned heavily on DSA, Leadership Principles, and some low-level design. I felt the evaluation was split between algorithmic problem solving and how I communicated through the Leadership Principles lens. The DSA rounds varied in difficulty but were LeetCode-like. They included medium problems and at least one hard question with DP and graph themes. I had to explain my thinking, time a…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: debugging and virtual loop

My first technical task was a web-app debugging exercise rather than pure LeetCode. A limited AI assistant could read files and explain them, but it would not give me the answer. I still had to reason through the code and find the bug myself. The later virtual loop covered data structures, system design, debugging, and behavioral discussion around Amazon Leadership Principles. The technical work…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: difficult online assessment

The online assessment was harder than I expected. It had three LeetCode-style questions. I completed the easier first one, brute-forced parts of the second, and could not fully solve the third, which was in the medium-to-hard range. The questions emphasized data structures and edge cases. One late question had many scenarios to account for. I could move between questions and return to earlier one…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: timed DSA and leadership loop

I had four one-hour interviews: three coding rounds and one system-design round. Each included about 25 minutes of Leadership Principles questions, so I had to manage technical work and leadership discussion within the same schedule. The DSA questions were medium to hard and involved graphs, DP, edge cases, and explaining my reasoning. My past projects came up often enough that I needed to connec…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: four difficult global rounds

I had four one-hour interviews with people in different countries, and it was the hardest interview experience I had done. Even so, nobody was disrespectful. Everyone stayed attentive and respectful. The mix was technical and behavioral. One round covered troubleshooting, leadership-principle questions such as Bias for Action, and GenAI fluency. Another used coding problem solving tied to Deliver…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Software Engineer interview at Prime Video: three coding rounds

The process was predictable: three medium LeetCode coding rounds, then system design and a cultural-fit conversation. The interviewers were pleasant, and the atmosphere did not feel adversarial. Still, I saw the format as dated. I kept questioning the use of LeetCode tasks as a proxy for real engineering ability and whether the culture-fit conversation added something meaningful to the coding sig…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: two DSA questions, leadership scenarios and waitlist

My online assessment had two DSA questions as well as multiple-choice scenario questions about leadership quality. After I was shortlisted, I had a technical online interview with two more DSA problems, and I solved them. The interviews felt organized and consistent. They were not only about abstract coding; leadership expectations and structured thinking also showed up in the questions. Even aft…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: recruiter screen and shared-editor live coding

I first had a brief recruiter phone screen of about 30 minutes, focused on my background and résumé. I was then invited to a technical video interview with a senior engineer. That video round took around 60 minutes. After introductions, I completed a live coding challenge in a shared editor. The rest shifted to system-design basics and my past projects. It was a mix of building, explaining, and c…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: coding assessment, live coding and leadership principles

I started with an online coding assessment on data structures, algorithms, and basic problem-solving. The technical interviews that followed combined live coding, system-design fundamentals, and Amazon leadership principles. The interviewers were professional and kept asking follow-ups to understand my reasoning, not only the final answer. It was challenging, but organized enough that I could tel…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: compact practical rounds

I had two one-hour interviews. Each included one technical question and Leadership Principles. I was also asked about AI use. A hiring manager introduced one round with a top-k-style problem without an API. Another technical prompt used a restaurant-manager scenario involving groups arriving, so it felt more applied than a textbook coding exercise. I did not receive an offer. For such a short pro…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: take-home and AI tool

I began with a HackerRank take-home and did not solve everything perfectly. A second task used 'AI assistance,' but the tool felt unusable to me, so it was more of a distraction than help. I still advanced to an interview with LeetCode-style questions and questions about my experience. It came too soon for me to recover from the earlier work, and I was rejected the next day. The earlier gaps felt…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview experience

Before the interviews, I spent hours on coding challenges and felt the preparation pay off immediately. The first technical question was about substring lengths and matched something I had seen while preparing. I was then asked about merging linked lists, followed by a behavioral question about frugality. The process was straightforward and approachable, which surprised me given the usual intensi…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: sliding window and debugging

The interviews started simply enough with a behavioral component and a LeetCode-style coding problem. I found the behavioral part harder than expected because it was situation based and open ended. They cared about how I would approach a scenario and what my thinking looked like. In the phone-style flow, I also had a medium-difficulty coding question that used something like a sliding-window appr…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: four in-person rounds

After I finished the online assessment, I eventually heard back and was invited to an in-person set of interviews. The process was smooth, professional, and friendly. I had four rounds with a lunch break in the middle. One was purely behavioral, while the other three blended behavioral discussion with technical evaluation. The technical topics I remember were topological graph sorting, cycle dete…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: prior Python services and module ownership

A recruiter brought me into what felt like a screen focused on experience. Rather than starting with deep technical questions, the conversation was about my previous company and what I had been doing day to day. I described my work on Python services and a module system I built, stressing how critical it was to the broader setup. That focus on my actual work history shaped the interview and did n…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: DSA, design, and leadership principles

My process began with an online assessment on data structures and algorithms. Soon after that, I had a technical phone screen, followed by a final loop of multiple consecutive rounds. What I remember most is how much the later interviews emphasized Amazon leadership principles alongside system design. The technical and behavioral sides were not separate in the loop. System design was a major them…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: two practical programming problems

My assessment was practical and a little different from standard LeetCode. I got two programming questions that increased in difficulty. The first was fairly trivial math, while the second was more interactive and open ended about what they wanted. For the second problem, I had to work out the intended requirements and then implement several functions to make the solution work. It felt as though…

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Prime VideoSoftware Engineer
Reported Jul 2026

Prime Video Software Engineer interview: coding and leadership-principles screen

After recruiter outreach, I went through a focused phone interview process with one coding round and two leadership-principles-style questions. Coding and the principles felt like two parts of the same test: I needed to show general engineering ability and communicate how I was thinking. I did not need deep knowledge of the exact team. The recruiter presented it as a general-skill screen about ho…

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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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