Amazon SDE-1 Interview Experience
Anonymous User
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2023 Graduate
2+ YOE


Received OA after applying to multiple openings on their career portal over a span of one month.

  • ONLINE ASSESSMENT

  - 2 DSA questions - medium level
  - Work Simulation -> Different real life scenarios and the choices 
    you take based on their Leadership Principles
  - Work Style assessment -> Behavioural MCQ type questions to check
    whether your values align to work with Amazon
  • ROUND 1 - DSA

    ( Self Rating - STRONG HIRE )
  - Started with introduction
  
  - One question based on LP about conflict management
  
  - 2 DSA questions
    - Given a binary tree (The which can have at most 2 childrens) you have to find the longest chain of even nodes

	         1
	       /   \
	     2      2
        / \     / \
       2   1   8  10                     
                     
    Output = 3
    Paths: (2> 8> 10)


    - https://leetcode.com/problems/house-robber/description/
  • ROUND 2 - DSA

    ( Self Rating - HIRE )
  - Started with introduction
  
  - 2 interviewers were there.

  - Initial 30 minutes were spent in resume related questions, Leadership principles based behavioural questions
     - Tell me about a time you missed a deadline
     - Tell me about a time you took initiative in something which was 
       not in scope of your day to day activities as a developer.
  
  - 1 DSA question
    - Stack related array based word problem - medium level

I am yet to receive any updates on the next rounds.

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