Amazon | SDE Intern | Seattle | Nov 2019 [Offer]
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Status: Sophomore, BS CS at state school
Position: SDE Intern at Amazon
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: November 20, 2019

Preparation:
- Read Cracking the Coding Interview, did all problems in main sections
- 123 LeetCode problems (54 easy, 57 medium, 12 hard)
- Reviewed and practiced incorporating Amazon's LP extensively

Three rounds of online assessments:

  • OA1: 7 debugging questions in 20 minutes, most had minor syntactual errors
  • OA2: 2 LC medium level coding questions in 90 minutes, unfortunately I don't remember the specific questions
  • OA3: Work simulation and local reasoning and ability test: 1 work simulation during which you answer questions while keeping Amazon LP in mind, 1 simple logic test where you find patterns, perform logical deduction, etc.

Final Virtual Interview:
Behavioral:

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • Tell me about a time you had to help a team member struggling with a task.
  • Tell me about a time you faced an obstacle and how you overcame it.

Technical:

Theoretical/Design:

  • How would you implement 2 stacks using 1 array?
  • How would you generalize this to k stacks using 1 array?
  • How would you implement this in the most space-efficient way possible?

Timeline:
10/11/19 -- Recieved email saying I would be would be sent assesments
10/12/19 -- Recieved OA1, completed 4 days later
10/17/19 -- Recieved OA2, completed 3 days later
10/22/19 -- Recieved OA3, completed 4 days later
10/26/19 -- Recieved email confirming completion of assesments
11/07/19 -- Recieved link to schedule interview
11/14/19 -- Completed final interview
11/20/19 -- Recieved offer

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