Amazon | SDE1 | NYC | Oct 2019 [Offer]
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Status: New grad, MS CS Top 100 CS school
Position: SDE1 at Amazon
Location: NYC
Date: October 25th

I won't be able to share exact questions due to NDA.

Applied through a recruiter. He made me fill an application on their portal and got OA instantly.

Online Assessment:
Two coding questions, both of them already here.
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/344650/Amazon-Online-Assessment-Questions
I would strongly recommend going through this page before starting your OA.

Onsite:
Total 4 rounds each 45 mins

Round 1:

  • Questions on their leadership principles:- Ownership, Deep Dive, Backbone (30 mins)
  • Design question (15 mins)

Round 2:

  • Questions on their leadership principles:- Deliver Results, Earn Trust (30 mins).
    A lot of follow up was asked by the interview.
  • Coding Problem related to Cache (LC Medium)

Round 3:

  • Questions on their leadership principles:- Ownership, Customer Obsession (30 mins)
  • Coding problem related to strings (LC Medium)

Round 4:

  • Questions on their leadership principles:- Earn Trust, Are Right, A Lot, Bias For Action (30 mins)
    This interviewer gave me a hard time with his follow up questions, He went deep into my stories.
  • Coding Problem related to DFS/BFS (LC Medium)

The interviewers were smart and very helpful through the interview. I'm still waiting for the result.

Preparation - Solved 300 LC problems. For LP questions, Watched videos on youtube. I will strongly recommend everyone to go through each principle and make your stories before the interview itself. It will be very hard to come up with a story in the interview.

Cheers!

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