College: Tier-1 Institute
Experience: 4 Years
Current Company: Product Based MNC
Title/Level: Software Engineer II
Applied Role: SDE-2 (L5)
Location: Bangalore, India

🔁 Interview Process Overview

• Round 0: Online Assessment
  • 2 DSA problems (Dynamic Programming & Graph)
  • Workstyle Simulation (System Design trade-offs)
• Round 1: DSA + Leadership Principles
• Round 2: Low-Level Design + Leadership Principles
• Round 3: High-Level Design + Leadership Principles
• Round 4: Bar Raiser (DSA + Deep LPs)

Each round lasted 60 to 105 minutes, with increasing focus on Amazon Leadership Principles (LPs) from Round 1 onward.

🔹 Round 0: Online Assessment (90 mins)

Section 1: Coding (2 questions)

• Q1: Dynamic Programming – Classic state transition problem
• Q2: Graph – BFS / shortest path variant involving edge constraints
  ✅ Passed all test cases; difficulty: Medium–Hard.

Section 2: Workstyle Simulation

• Scenario-based behavioral assessment focused on system design trade-offs
• Covered decision-making involving latency vs durability, fast patches vs long-term fixes, etc.

🔹 Round 1: DSA + Leadership Principles (60 mins)

Coding Questions:

1. Amount of Time for Binary Tree to Be Infected – Graph + BFS
2. Remove K Digits – Stack + Greedy

LPs: Deliver Results, Learn and Be Curious

🔹 Round 2: Low-Level Design + Leadership Principles (60 mins)

System: Digital Wallet (Handle all aspects related to wallet creation, balance management, fund transfers, and transaction logging)

LPs: Insist on the Highest Standards, Have Backbone, Disagree and Commit

🔹 Round 3: High-Level Design + Leadership Principles (1 hr 45 mins)

System: Food Delivery Platform (Handle all aspects related to the roles of User, Restaurant, Admin, and Delivery Partner)

LPs: Ownership, Earn Trust
📌 35 mins of intense LP grilling, including edge case handling and real-world failures.

🔹 Round 4: Bar Raiser (60 mins)

DSA Question:

• Magnetic Force Between Two Balls – Binary Search on answer space

LPs: Customer Obsession, Dive Deep
📌 Heavy behavioral questioning to test clarity, judgment, and ownership depth.

✅ Offer confirmed within 4 business days after the Bar Raiser round.

🛠️ Prep Summary

• LC: 600+ (150+ E, 300+ M, 150+ H)
• LLD: awes0me-l0w-level-design (GitHub)
• HLD: Hell0Interview, awes0me-system-design-res0urces (GitHub)

Compensation : Amazon | SDE-2 | Bangalore | 4 YOE | July 2025 [Offer]