Round 1:
Online Test comprising of 60 MCQ's(1 mark each with 0.25 negative marking) in 45 mins
and 2 coding question of 15 marks each in 30 mins. You can't switch between coding and
MCQ portions.
In this round I was able to solve around 50+ MCQ's and 1 coding question completely.
Round 2:
1. Tell me something about yourself.
2. What do you understand by Interpersonal Skills.
3. Explain your projects(one by one he asked about both my major projects).
4. Then he gave me a series (of prime numbers) and asked to find the next number.(easy
enough)
5. Then he asked me find 3 digit numbers which are multiple of both 3 and 4.
6. Then 3 puzzles (available on gfg) — The 4 and 7 min hour glass puzzle, The candle and
45 mins puzzle and one more (you have 10 boxes each having 10 items of 10kg each but
one of the boxes is contaminated and has each item of 9 kg . how can you find the defective
box in only one measure.)
7. Further He asked to rate myself in programming languages I had mentioned in my
resume and asked basics questions on that -: why c++,difference between structure and
class,references and pointers, in sql union and union all, acid properties etc. He also gave
me a query and asked me tell him output for the same.
8. Finally he asked me how amex generates revenue.
I applied online. I interviewed at American Express (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Feb 2026
Interview
It was a normal interview, with work experience, SQL , Python and statistics questions. Some times puzzles are also asked in the whole process. Prepare according to the things mentioned in the Job Description
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is hypothesis testing and confidence intervals?
The hiring process began with an online assessment that had three sections, including logical reasoning and SQL (I don’t clearly remember the third section). After clearing the assessment, I proceeded to two interview rounds. The overall process was smooth, structured, and evaluated different skill areas effectively.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about Random Forest, Xgboost, Decision Trees.
I interviewed at American Express (Gurgaon, Haryana)
Interview
It was good. The panelists were very professional and interactive. They were good at dealing the interview and gave proper feedback. The interview contained 2 rounds and both were technical.