AWS | SDE-2 | Bangalore | March 2022 | Offer
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Recruiter reached out over linkedin. Online test was skipped for me. Cant disclose exact questions due to NDA's signed.

Round 1 (Phone screen)

  • 2 DSA questions, LC medium level were asked.
  • Was also asked LP questions in last 15 mins.
    (Verdict: Strong hire, as I did really well)

Round 2 (Online coding)

  • 2 DSA questions, LC medium level again.
    • First one was based on topological sort again.
    • Second one was based on heaps.
  • Was also asked LP questions in last 15 mins.
    (Verdict: Strong hire, as I did really well)

Round 3 (System design)

  • Was asked to implement dropbox
    • No smart native desktop client. Just upload from browser
    • Assuming initial variant is implemented just for 1MB file size.
    • High scalability requirements.
  • I implemented it well, but somehow my thoughts had lot of conflicts with that of interviewer and also ran out of time in the end.
    (Verdict: Lean hire am guessing)

Round 4 (Hiring Manager)

  • 2 DSA questions, LC Medium level.
    • Both were based on a very special kind of tree traversal.
    • Follow up was modifying the tree, after the traversal. Into special kind of mirror image.
  • Was also asked LP questions in last 15 mins.
    (Verdict: Strong hire, as I did really well)

Round 5 (LP/Bar raiser)

  • A very top Amazon Exec from the HR team
  • Was asked almost 7 LP questions, and answer using prior experiences. Did really well.
    (Verdict: Strong hire, as I did really well)

Because of not so great round 3 system design, I was lowballed to SDE1.
Hence rejected the offer. As I had 3 competing offers:
https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/1994319/Rubrik-or-G6-or-Bangalore
https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/1994328/Coinbase-or-IC4-or-Bangalore
https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/1994341/VMWare-or-MTS3-or-Bangalore

Other interview experiences:
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1994403/Coinbase-or-IC-4-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Offer
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1962552/Rubrik-or-G6-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Offer
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1996706/VMWare-or-MTS-3-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Offer
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/1996675/Uber-or-SDE-2-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Reject
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/2001716/Google-or-L4-Reject-L3-Offer-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/2001740/Microsoft-or-SDE2-or-Hyderabad-or-March-2022-or-Reject
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/2001782/Robin.io-or-SDE2-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Offer
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/2001992/Nutanix-or-SDE-2-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/2002004/Enterpret-or-SDE-2-or-Bangalore-or-March-2022-or-Reject

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