Got the offerSDE-2 at Amazon
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 3-4 Weeks
- Rounds
- 5
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Company Website
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
- 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
- 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
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.