Interview Experience:
All the rounds were conducted virtually over chime. The interviews were for SDE3 position.
For preparation, I solved coding questions on leetcode, mostly medium. Total of ~130 questions over 2-3 months. I solved mostly the questions for Facebook. High level design, In addition to me experience, I read about various components of High Level Design and how and when to use them followed by few videos and documents at CodeKarle
Round 1:
Focus: High Level Design
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Behavariol:
Design package delivery system -
Tell me a situation where you made an impact at org level -
Tell me a situation where you suggested a change
Round 2
Focus: High Level Design
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Behavariol:
Design Payment Gateway -
Tell me something that you did to help the organization. -
Tell me something that you build from scratch.
Round 3:
Focus: Coding:
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Behavorial:
Print next 5 smallest number in a BST. -
Any situation where you were blocked.
Round 4:
Focus: Hiring Manager
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Tell me a sitaution where you had to convince someone. -
Tell me a situation where you did Code Review and Design Review. -
Tell me a situation where you have you mentored someone.
Round 5:
Focus: Bar Raiser | High Level Design:
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Behavarioul:
Design a rating system for e-commerce platform. -
Situation where you automated something. -
Situation for a project which was challenging for you.
Extra round:
Focus: Review previous system designs, what could have been done better.
Behavarioul:
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Situation where mentored someone more experienced than you.
After all the discussions, was down leveled to SDE2 with an offer to fastrack promotion to SDE3. The reason I got was the complexity of work that I have explained in the behavarioul questions was not at par for a SDE3 at amazon.
Compensation Details: Amazon (Offer) | Microsoft (Offer) | Adobe (Offer)
Other Interview Experiences:
Microsoft Interview Experience
Adobe Interview Experience
