Amazon | SDE II | Bay Area | Offer
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Doing my part by giving back to the community. A recruiter contacted me in early May for an SDE II position and here is my experience:

Online Assessment
Standard Amazon OA questions - Top K competitors from reviews and Reorder log file. They do have some additional constraints hidden in the text (such as expected output order/format) so read the questions carefully.

Virtual On-site

  • Round 1:

    • Lay down the OOD of an app that someone can use to set up a new phone
    • Easy BFS/DFS question from Leetcode
    • Questions on Leadership Principles (LP)
    • OOP - what it is, properties, examples, etc.
  • Round 2:

    • System design - design Uber/Lyft
    • Questions on Leadership Principles (LP)
  • Round 3:

    • Manager round. LP questions only
  • Round 4:

    • Medium DP/Minimax question that I solved using recursion + memoization (available on LC)
    • LP questions
  • Round 5:

    • Medium level stack based question
    • LP questions

Make sure to brush up on system design for SDE II level. Also, make sure to write down 12-15 real life incidents that you can use for LP questions' answers.

Keep grinding!

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