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From 14 candidate accounts, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
14
Rounds on average
3.1
Fewest and most rounds
1 to 5
Open roles at American Express
456

How the loop works

American Express runs two visibly different loops depending on where you apply. Its large India technology and analytics organisation hires mostly on campus: a timed Codility (or Unstop) online assessment, then two to three interviews that mix data structures, DBMS/SQL, OOP and core CS with resume and project drilling, puzzles and guesstimates, closing with a managerial or HR conversation. Its US, UK and Phoenix corporate, finance and strategy pipeline is behavioural-first: a HireVue video or written screen, then short 30-45 minute one-on-ones, an assessment centre or group case in the UK, and repeated business questions about how Amex actually makes money. Across both tracks, candidates who cannot explain the card revenue model or answer 'why Amex' get filtered out, and interviewers consistently reward a visible, structured thought process over a perfect answer.

These 14 writeups cover finance, software engineering, data & science and other roles, India campus + US/UK corporate. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at American Express

Summer Associate

Received an offer

Internship. 2 rounds. Shared by WallStreetOasis.com on wso, 2022-05-27

  1. 1First roundBehavioralFit questions then basic checks on how the company makes money.Covered: Business model, Customer base
  2. 2Final roundFinalTwo video interviews repeating similar fit and technical questions.

Software Engineer Trainee (internship + full-time)

Received an offer

New grad. 4 rounds. Shared by GeeksforGeeks contributor (on-campus candidate, Gurgaon/Bangalore roles) on gfg, 2021-08-31

  1. 1Online coding testOnline assessmentThree coding problems on Codility in 90 minutes. Most test cases are hidden, so candidates cannot tell whether a solution is fully correct before submitting.Covered: Data structures & algorithms, Arrays & strings
  2. 2Technical interview 1TechnicalIntroduction and a walk through the resume, then a long stretch of C/C++ and object-oriented fundamentals covering polymorphism, constructors and destructors, inheritance and overloading versus overriding, plus a motivation question about Amex.Covered: OOP, Past projects, Resume deep-dive
  3. 3Technical interview 2TechnicalDeeper systems questions on keys, ACID properties and database locking, exception handling and access specifiers, tree types, a small swap-without-temp program, some Python and tricky Java output questions, and networking basics.Covered: DBMS, SQL, Networking, Trees, Debugging
  4. 4HR interviewBehavioralA pure HR conversation lasting over half an hour, opening with an explanation of the company's business and moving into situational questions about coping with failure, handling disputes and a decision the candidate later regretted.Covered: Behavioral, Conflict handling, Domain knowledge

What American Express is hiring for now

456 open roles in our index.

Most-posted roles

  • Analyst-Risk Management9
  • Manager, Business Development7
  • Financial Analyst6
  • Apprentice4
  • Senior Manager-Digital Product Management3
  • Analyst-Marketing3

Top locations

  • New York City120
  • Phoenix78
  • Gurugram48
  • London32
  • Sunrise20

Open roles at American Express

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American Express interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at American Express?
American Express runs two visibly different loops depending on where you apply. Its large India technology and analytics organisation hires mostly on campus: a timed Codility (or Unstop) online assessment, then two to three interviews that mix data structures, DBMS/SQL, OOP and core CS with resume and project drilling, puzzles and guesstimates, closing with a managerial or HR conversation. Its US, UK and Phoenix corporate, finance and strategy pipeline is behavioural-first: a HireVue video or written screen, then short 30-45 minute one-on-ones, an assessment centre or group case in the UK, and repeated business questions about how Amex actually makes money. Across both tracks, candidates who cannot explain the card revenue model or answer 'why Amex' get filtered out, and interviewers consistently reward a visible, structured thought process over a perfect answer.
What topics does American Express test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Business model, Customer base, Data structures & algorithms, SQL, DBMS, OOP.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.