Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
First round: Codility test, three questions, mostly in arrays and trees.
Second round: A telephonic interview, general discussion on topics mentioned in the JD.
Third round: Again, data structures and general programming.
Fourth round: System design. I was confused about what was required to design.
Fifth round: Again, system design. This round was the best one of the lot.
Sixth round: I don't know why this round was there. A confused guy asking confused questions.
Questions
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Linked list: Find the Nth node from the end.
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Find the second most used alphabet in a sentence.
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Design an LRU cache.
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Design a rule engine.
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Design the Google News Feed app.
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Microservices: Distributed tracing.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the American Express Senior Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
American Express's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for American Express's Senior Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
American Express Work Experiences
- 5.0Great company to work in for work-life balanceSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 7, 2025Pros: Hybrid model Great work-life balanceCons: Nothing much to say here.
- 2.0Miserable place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 5, 2025Pros: None that I can think of at the moment.Cons: - Zero work-life balance, constantly working on weekends. - Misleading PTO policy (Federal holidays require you to use PTO, despite most of the business and even facilities being closed on these days). - PTO policy actively discourages taking PTO. - Limited "perks". - Doing *anything at all* requires extensive levels of approval and on-boarding.
- 5.0Culture is great; people are good to work withSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 11, 2025Pros: Amex is pretty big, so the experience depends. For me, the team is great, and I enjoy my work and the value I create.Cons: Big corporate, so there are layers of processes and they are very slow.
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