I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at American Express (Phoenix, AZ) in Nov 2021
Interview
No pressure, had 2 rounds one technical and the other one was behavioral. Both of them were really nice and positive and the interview went smoothly. Tech question was not difficult it was more of a math problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if your teammate is not doing his/her part of the work?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at American Express in Aug 2025
Interview
1st round Technical
dsa and resume projects
We were given 2 dsa simple problems to solve, 1 was just subset sum, also it was more focussed on how you would debug.
rest was discussion on resume projects
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain your journey till now and what do you expect to learn from the offer?
I interviewed at American Express (Arizona City, AZ)
Interview
Great straightforward behavioral and technical. The interviewer was very professional and polite. Asked questions about my resume and some system design to scale some apps I had on my resume. I had a great time, nothing else to say.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at American Express (New York, NY) in Jan 2025
Interview
1. Phone call from recruiter to confirm grad date and location preference
2. 1 hour behavioral / technical interview.
3. Got the offer 3-4 days after the interview. Also this was late in the cycle (jan/feb).
American Express interviews FAQs
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at American Express with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Express overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Express as a SWE Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Drug test: 10%
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