Amazon | SDE1 | Feb 2025 | Offer
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Experience: 1+ years, SDE 1 at some investment bank
Position: SDE1 at Amazon
Interview Invitation: Received email on Feb 21
Interview Date: Feb 24 - Mar 3

Interview Process
All the rounds were eliminatory.

R1: DSA + Leadership Principles (Feb 24)
Interviewer: SDE3 (8-9 years experience)

Q1: Print Zig-Zag in a Binary Tree
Q2: Largest BST in a Binary Tree
✅ Solved both, explained approach, wrote full code, and did a dry run with time & space complexity.
Result: PASSED

R2: DSA + Leadership Principles (Feb 26) [Rescheduled from Feb 25 due to travel]
Interviewers: 2 interviewers (One was SDE1 - 2 years exp, other had 10 years exp)

Q1: Modified Two Sum problem
Q2: Keys and Rooms (Graph)
✅ Solved both, explained approach, wrote full code, and did a dry run with time & space complexity.
Result: PASSED

R3: Bar Raiser (Mar 3)
Interviewer: 19+ years at Amazon, from the business team

Focus: Leadership Principles & behavioral questions (6-7 questions)
Answered all questions and follow-ups. Felt okay, would rate myself 7-8/10.
Result: PASSED

Thoughts
Overall, the process was smooth. The technical rounds were focused on DSA & LPs, and the bar raiser was entirely behavioral. I think I did well technically and decently in the LP round. Let's see how it goes!

Edit - Got the offer after 2 days.

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