✅ [Offer] Amazon | SDE | Bangalore | Oct 2021
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SPOILER : ⚠️ No questions from leetcode were given!

NOTE : Hey guys! seems like the readers have a few ques, so I updated the post to address the questions.

Intro

Status: New grad
Experience : 6 months
Position I applied to : SDE1

Process

Note : Due to the pandamic all the rounds were conducted virtually

For behavioral questions that I mentioned below - HERE IS A GREAT LEETCODE POST

Round-1

Online Coding & Behavioral Round (1 hour) :
	- 2 Coding questions [Difficulty : Easy]
	- Behavioural questions

Summary : This round is fairly simple and can be easily solved 

Round-2

Virtual Interview (1 hour):
	- 2 Coding questions (Based on Tree, BS ) [Difficulty : Hard]
	- Behavioural qustions

Summary : This round was the most difficult one for me,as the interviewer was building up on a simple binary search tree question and the discussion went too deep.

Just to give you the context, this kind of ques was asked
- First verify if a given tree is a BST
- Now do the same for reverse BST
- Then Count all the BST (subtrees)  in a given tree
- Now Count the reverse BST (subtrees)  in a given tree

TBH, I thought my chance is lost after this interview cuz, I didn't write the complete code for this, but I was able to write upto 3rd variation 

Round-3

Virtual Interview (1 hour):
	- 2 Coding questions (Based on BFS, DFS, BS ) [Difficulty : Medium]
	- Behavioural qustions

Summary : This round is a medium one, I gave the solutions for both the questions and the interviewer was satified so we moved on (Pretty standard!)

Round-4 (Manager/Senior Round)

Virtual Interview (1 hour):
	- 2 Coding questions (Based on array manipulation) [Difficulty : Medium]
	- CS Fundamentals
	- Behavioural qustions

Summary : This round is also a medium one, But this round was more emphasized on CS Fundamentals
- The CS fundamental questions include topics like OOPS, OS, DBMS
	Here are a few example ques topics
		- Transactions
		- Indexing/Hashing
		- Normalization
		- Deadlocks
		- Memory management

Round-5 (Manager/Senior Round)

Virtual Interview (1 hour):
	- 2 Coding questions (Based on array manipulation) [Difficulty : Easy]
	- CS Fundamentals
	- Behavioural qustions

Summary : Surprisingly, This is the most easiest round as I solved  the questions given in like a 5min. I did not expect this round to be that easy, as this was the last round

Result

✅ I was offered the SDE role!

My Thoughts and Suggestions

  • Leetcode definitely helped, But do not expect leetcode questions to show up.
  • Explaining the TIME & SPACE complexities is a must, and in almost all interviews they were looking for mulitple ways of solving the same problem to check your coding flexibility.
  • Behavioural questions are as important as coding.
  • The interview experience was good and the interviwers will support you throughout the process, If they see you struggle.
  • Honestly, work hard and give your best , because that's the most you can do!
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