Interviewed for Amazon Alexa SD2 but was downgraded to SD1 offer.

This was my first time interviewing at a fang company and overall a good learning experience.

Status: 5 years of experience in small company
Position: SDE2 at Amazon
Location: Seattle, WA
Date: Nov 2020 Interview date

Online assessment
Questions are straight from here
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/344650/Amazon-Online-Assessment-Questions

Virtual Onsite
Round 1
LP - Ownership. I explained my past project.
Coding - LC medium. Topology sort problem.
I was slow to identify the approach but ended up coding it. I ran out of time and didn't test my code.
I did NOT feel good about this round.

Round 2
LP - Customer obsession. Interviewer didn't like one of my stories but I made up for it by telling another one.
Coding - LC easy. Hashmap problem and counting.
I was able to code, test solutions, and answered followed up questions.
This round went well.

Round 3
LP - Deliver Results. Interviewers ask about failure and deadlines of past projects.
System design - Design some components on Amazon, not from a famous prep guide, but you can apply concepts.
I felt this was my best round, due to my experience of setting up distributed systems at my current company. I was able to solve the problem, scale, identify bottlenecks, design core components, and answer all follow up questions.
This was my best round.

Round 4
LP - Learn and be curious. Interviewer asked me to explain something new I learned.
Coding - LC hard. String matching problem.
I spent the whole time talking, wrote little code and couldn't solve the problem.
This was my worst round.

Post Interview
3 days after onsite - Recruiter emailed me to speak. She offered downlevel to sde1 and would have to find another team. I was told this process takes 5 weeks.
14 days after onsite - Surprisingly the recruiter found a team in 2 days
15 days after onsite - I scheduled a 10 minute call with the hiring manager of the new team. It was a call for HM to explain the team/role and for me to ask a question about the team.
16 days after onsite - I received an offer of 178 TC avg

What I learned from this experience
You have to be quick with coding solutions, there's only 25 minutes left after leadership principles.