SDE 1 at Amazon

How it went

Their background

Round by round

1. 1

   Online Assessment60 min

   Mainly 3 sections DSA Section Problem 1: Find the number of edges in the largest connected component of a graph Problem 2: I don’t recall the second exactly Work Simulation Section Scenario-based tasks questions Behavioral: Multiple-choice questions on Amazon’s Leadership Principles, collaboration, and ownership. Result: Shortlisted for interviews.

   • Find the number of edges in the largest connected component of a graph
2. 2

   Technical Round 160 min

   Short intro about me, my college, my projects after it two coding questions, one medium and one hard Sequentially Ordinal Rank Tracker Cousins in Binary Tree II Solved both questions within the time and one LP question

   • Sequentially Ordinal Rank Tracker
   • Cousins in Binary Tree II
3. 3

   Technical Round 260 min

   LP Questions:

   • Tell me about a time you helped a teammate succeed.
   • Describe a situation where you missed a deadline. What did you learn? DSA Questions: Find the Smallest Divisor Given a Threshold Maximum Level Sum of a Binary Tree
   • Find the Smallest Divisor Given a Threshold
   • Maximum Level Sum of a Binary Tree
4. 4

   Technical Round 360 min

   Detailed project discussion, asked about challenges, my role, and some technical decision. One DSA Question

What came up