American Express

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Phoenix, Arizona

February 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was referred by an employee.

I had a phone interview that was very low-stress.

The technical interview was also low-stress, with two people who are hoping to see you succeed.

I received one LeetCode Easy and one LeetCode Medium programming question.

Questions

Check if two strings are anagrams of one another.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the American Express Software Engineer (Internship) role in Phoenix, Arizona.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

American Express's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Phoenix, Arizona is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%

Neutral10%

Negative10%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for American Express's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Phoenix, Arizona.

American Express Work Experiences

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Excellent. If you are not a contractor,

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: Hybrid work location Excellent collaboration with talented team members. Opportunity to work with a cutting-edge tech stack. Many locations to home-base for hybrid location. Management is responsive and does their best to support their teams.

Cons: Low chance of direct hire conversions. Reliance on contingent workers causes high turn-over interruptions. Stagnating hourly wage for contractors. Overtime required, but not often if ever compensated.

Excellent. If you are not a contractor,

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: Hybrid work location Excellent collaboration with talented team members. Opportunity to work with a cutting-edge tech stack. Many locations to home-base for hybrid location. Management is responsive and does their best to support their teams.

Cons: Low chance of direct hire conversions. Reliance on contingent workers causes high turn-over interruptions. Stagnating hourly wage for contractors. Overtime required, but not often if ever compensated.

Laid-back but less pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

January 31, 2023

Pros: Work is laid-back and not so busy.

Cons: Less pay and too many incompetent engineers and VPs. Hardly efficient.

Laid-back but less pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

January 31, 2023

Pros: Work is laid-back and not so busy.

Cons: Less pay and too many incompetent engineers and VPs. Hardly efficient.

Great company to work for

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

January 9, 2017

Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.

Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

5.0
Great company to work for
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
January 9, 2017
Pros: Great company culture and excellent flexibility on working hours and job role.
Cons: Large corporations can sometimes get lost in a big machine.

Excellent. If you are not a contractor,

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Pros: Hybrid work location Excellent collaboration with talented team members. Opportunity to work with a cutting-edge tech stack. Many locations to home-base for hybrid location. Management is responsive and does their best to support their teams.

Cons: Low chance of direct hire conversions. Reliance on contingent workers causes high turn-over interruptions. Stagnating hourly wage for contractors. Overtime required, but not often if ever compensated.

3.0
Excellent. If you are not a contractor,
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
March 31, 2025
Pros: Hybrid work location Excellent collaboration with talented team members. Opportunity to work with a cutting-edge tech stack. Many locations to home-base for hybrid location. Management is responsive and does their best to support their teams.
Cons: Low chance of direct hire conversions. Reliance on contingent workers causes high turn-over interruptions. Stagnating hourly wage for contractors. Overtime required, but not often if ever compensated.

Laid-back but less pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

January 31, 2023

Pros: Work is laid-back and not so busy.

Cons: Less pay and too many incompetent engineers and VPs. Hardly efficient.

3.0
Laid-back but less pay
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
January 31, 2023
Pros: Work is laid-back and not so busy.
Cons: Less pay and too many incompetent engineers and VPs. Hardly efficient.

American Express Interview Questions

Minimum Deletions to Make Character Frequencies Unique

Given a string, find the minimum number of characters you must delete so that all remaining character frequencies are unique. No two characters can have the same frequency.

StringsGreedy Algorithms

Maximum Equal Frequency

Given an array of numbers, find the longest prefix where removing exactly one element makes all remaining element frequencies equal. Return the length of this prefix.

ArraysSliding WindowsGreedy Algorithms

Divide an Array Into Subarrays With Minimum Cost I

You're given an array and need to divide it into three non-empty subarrays. The cost is the sum of the first elements of each subarray. Find the minimum possible cost to divide the array.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

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