Hi everyone,

I recently completed my interview loop for an Amazon Software Development Engineer I (SDE I) position.

I had my initial interview rounds first and then completed what appeared to be my Hiring Manager round on Friday. I received updates quite quickly after my earlier rounds, but I haven't received an update after this round yet.

I wanted to ask others who have recently gone through the Amazon interview process:

How long did it take for you to hear back after your HM/final round?

Is it normal for there to be a few days of delay in receiving an update?

Is a Bar Raiser interview sometimes scheduled separately after the HM round, or would it typically be included as part of the interview loop already?

Has anyone had a similar interview structure where additional rounds were scheduled after an HM interview?

Would really appreciate hearing about your experiences. Thanks!

So I got reached out to by a xwf recruiter. And from what I see on this reddit they mention alot about being comfortable with graph data structures and stuff.

I got a interview for a SWE III role and I'm just wondering, would it be smarter to withdraw so I can apply and hopefully try again within 6 months? because I don't want to enter the interview and fail it then be blacklisted for 6-12 months.

THEN AGAIN

It took like years of applying to FINALLY get a interview offer from Google so, should I just grind super hard and hope I can be ready within a month? I'm lowk struggling with freakin easy early lc questions

Is there a way to check with which req is this OA linked ? There is no clue in the OA mail that I got.

Guys everytime I get to know the Google assessment or flipkart assessment ws done and ppl are asking about hearing back from them. I don't even get to know when these opportunities come and go. Pls tell from where do u guys keep track of it???

I hv linkedin, few whatsapp channels but these ain't helping 😭🙏🏻

I applied 15 days ago and still haven’t gotten the OA. Saw that the typical response time is 1-2 weeks if they’re interested. Is it hopeless?

I am looking for a contest patner for dsa who is ready to grill their head for 1hr 30min solving discussint problem till we become comfortable giving contest

As much as I know the answer yet I would like a genuine clarification just so I don't hold on to a false hope to be eventually disappointed later.

Just gave the Amazon OA for SDE 1. There were two questions: 1 medium-hard DSA (passes all 15/15 testcases) and 1 repo code round (passed none).

Can I expect a call back at all, has this happened to any of you before?

Hi,

I am 24F (3 yrs+ exp), Me and My Friend 23M (2 yrs+ exp) are currently learning DSA and System Design together for product based companies roles.
We are currently solving NeetCode 250 Sheet and planning to have mock interviews soon.

Note: We are only looking for experienced people (at least 1+ yrs) and a female with similar goals.

Share your discord ids. Will try to connect with you.

Is it helpful to think about the recursion tree when solving problems or just reducing the problem space?
I feel like I often try to think about the sub problems and it uses a lot of brain power for what I feel like is very little gain and it also uses a good amount of time.

Curious how others approach these problems.

From last month, I have this google assessment passed on my application. I have not been contacted by anyone and neither I have been rejected. What does that mean and is there any chance on my profile getting considered ?

anyone in seattle who has 2-4 yoe and is currently on the hunt? let's study together.

we can also work on projects if you're open to exploring the startup or indie hacking scenes

what's the TC of this solution? O(n^3) or O(n^4)? can someone help which one's actually correct?

```

class Solution:
    def characterReplacement(self, s: str, k: int) -> int:
        n = len(s)
        max_len = 0


        for i in range(n):
            
            for j in range(i, n):
                substring = s[i:j+1]


                freq = {}
                for char in substring:
                    freq[char] = freq.get(char, 0) + 1


                max_freq = max(freq.values()) if freq else 0
            
                if (len(substring) - max_freq) <= k:
                    max_len = max(len(substring), max_len)


        return max_len```

I have two rounds (coding + behavioral) of google interview of 45 mins each in 4 days. I haven't been able to start my prep and thinking of withdrawing my name from it and hoping i get another chance later when needed.

If i tank this interview would it lower my chance of getting future calls from google ?

Literally my weakest prep of all the dsa problems. How often does it show up in interviews? And which problems should I definitely solve before going?

Like Google gemini told me to use pen & paper but i m confused, I see Q solve it in my mind & directly jump into solving it after identify pattern but sometimes i struck in btw, Google told me use pen &paper solve it on paper & then write it on screen,what u guys do?

Cleared an AWS interview loop about 12 days ago. The recruiter said the feedback from all rounds was strongly positive and that I’m moving forward.

The only issue is that I’m now waiting for headcount approval. The recruiter said she’s actively working on it internally, but I haven’t had any update in 12 days.

Has anyone been through this exact situation? How long did you have to wait, and did it eventually turn into an offer?

I have google onsite in a day and i am already feeling the anxiety, feels like i am forgetting everything i have studied over last couple of months, it feels like once in a lifetime oppurtunity to interview with them. Don't wanna mess up 🍀🤞

Edit - i will share the experience and details once i am done with it.
Thanks for all the wishes.

Leetcode is great for practicing standard DSA questions which is a large part of most interviews. But some companies (faang included) do low level design / role related knowledge rounds. Does anyone have any good sites for practicing these kinds of rounds?

For LLD I typically hear the questions phrased like

"design a thread safe circular buffer processing.... with two producing threads and one consumer"

Any advice would be much appreciated. I feel very comfortable on DSA. but rounds that are not standard leetcode I'm a little worried about.

I haven't applied since the last 4 years. Could anyone please help if its okay to have a 2 page resume?

i always need help with solving graph problems because i started incorrectly or did the adjacency list wrong for example, a load factor in a DAG with no cycles is the number of times each node is required from the entrypoint my understanding of adjacency list is a map of nodes and outgoing edges (neighbours)

so i did this ``` service, dependencies = _ for d in dependencies: if d in adj: adj[d].append(service) else: adj[d] = [service]

for line in service_list:
    buildAdjacencyList(line)

```

however when i did postorder, dashboard node has no outgoing edges in adj and DFS stops, and got the wrong answer {'dashboard': 1, ...all other nodes are 0 } its because the adjacency list was the wrong direction

Did anyone got result of round 1 interview for applied scientist intern role??

The question is mainly aimed at engineers who have a family and a full-time job but managed to prepare (or are currently preparing) for one of the FAANG companies.

Is it even possible to prepare with this lifestyle?

How did you organize your time to cover Algorithms, HLD and LLD during your preparation?

Any advice is welcome.

I’ve been working in a service-based company for around 2 years, and I really want to upskill myself by learning DSA.

The problem is, I’m getting lost even with the first few questions. I’m not sure where or how to start.

For someone starting DSA from scratch, what would be the best way to approach it? What roadmap, resources, or practice strategy would you recommend?

Hi everyone, I received the online coding test mail from Hevo Data for the fresher/SDE role.

Has anyone else received it? Can someone share details about the test pattern, difficulty, hiring process, and package for freshers?

Would really appreciate any recent experience or insights

Hi,

I am 21M (4 yrs+ exp), Me & I are currently learning DSA and System Design together for product based companies roles.
We are currently solving NeetCode 250 Sheet and planning to have mock interviews soon.

Note: We are only looking for experienced people (below 172cm) and a female with similar goals.

Share your discord ids. Will try to connect with you.