Hey everyone! I recently finished the OA for the Amazon Software Development Engineer 2026 (US) role (Job ID: 3177934). I applied twice, once early on and again on Feb 11, 2026 after getting an email to reapply.
One thing worth mentioning is that I've applied to several Amazon roles with "2026" in the title, so the OA itself didn't really clarify which specific role it was for. If anyone has insight on whether the OA is shared across multiple 2026 pipelines or tied to a specific role, I'd genuinely love to know.
Fingers crossed I hear back soon, but in the meantime I want to use this time wisely. A few questions for anyone who's been through this:

1. Timeline: How long after finishing the OA did you hear back? Are we talking a few days or more like a few weeks?
2. Recruiter contact: Did someone personally reach out to you for a call or was it a generic scheduling email?
3. Interview rounds: How many rounds were there total? Was it all in one virtual loop or spread across multiple days?
4. What to prepare: This is really what I'm after. For those who made it through, what would you focus on if you were in my shoes right now?
5. How heavy was the DSA side of things? Any topics that kept coming up?
6. How deep did LLD and OOD go? Dedicated round or mixed into coding?
   Anything that caught you off guard?

Any advice from people who went through this same pipeline would mean a lot. Thanks in advance!