American Express Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at American Express with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Express overall takes an average of 19 days.
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Recruiter Screen was first then an interview with multiple Senior level Engineers and Engineering Managers that took turns answering questions behavioral based on your resume and coding challenges including puzzles
Two-Part Interview Process:
The first part involved solving and explaining a basic LeetCode-style problem related to data structures such as linked lists and heaps. The second part consisted of behavioral questions focused on workplace scenario
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Question 1
How do you detect a cycle in a singly linked list?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at American Express (Sunrise, FL) in Oct 2025
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Cold applied online. Got an email immediately to complete a HireVue. Got contacted for the online interview (I heard there is only one round). Interview went exactly like every other glassdoor review. Several leetcode questions easy/medium. Interviewers were very friendly.