Got the offer

SDE-2 at Amazon

How it went

For revision and consistent practice, it's helpful to regularly revisit previously solved problems and time yourself on mock contests to build speed and accuracy.

What they would tell you

For revision and consistent practice, it's helpful to regularly revisit previously solved problems and time yourself on mock contests to build speed and accuracy.

How to prepare

I'd suggest focusing on the top 200 DSA problems, especially by identifying patterns in Amazon-tagged questions. For Dynamic Programming, the Striver DP series is really helpful and well-structured.

Their background

SDE-1 at well known Startup

Round by round

1
Online Assessment60 min
One easy-medium and One medium-hard coding problems, cannot remember the exact ones, sorry, it was a while ago. After it some work style assessment Recruiter reached out, scheduled four onsite rounds two week later
2
Tech Coding Round 160 min
Two Leadership Principles questions Amazon is famous for these 😄. Paths in Matrix Whose Sum Is Divisible by K (but with a twist not same) And a DP related
- Paths in Matrix Whose Sum Is Divisible by K
- DP
3
Tech Coding Round 260 min
2 DSA Question Medium level Given a binary tree, return the sum of node values visible from the left side. This is about tree traversal, explained BFS with a twist, coded in 25min Easy level Find the peak element in a rotated sorted array. I use a modified binary search approach and some LP questions
- Find the peak element in a rotated sorted array.
- Tree traversal, BFS
4
System Design60 min
For this round interviewer was a senior level manager Design a scalable subscription service like Amazon Prime including signups, renewals, payments, and notifications.
5
Bar Raiser60 min
Four LP Questions And a LLD pattern question was asked (not remember)

What came up

HardRemote3 4 years

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