Amazon Onsite Interview | Frontend Engineer 2 (FEE 2) L5 | Seattle | Reject
Round 1
Questions:
- Coding question - Design the UI of a file explorer.
- The interviewer referenced comments on GitHub and provided an ASCII diagram:
|1| ---- -- -- ----- Comment 1 Comment 2 |2| ---- -- -- --- |3| -- -- ----- ---
Candidate's Approach
The candidate used React to approach the UI design but lost some time understanding the question due to the interviewer's references to GitHub comments.
Interviewer's Feedback
No feedback provided.
Round 2
Questions:
- Coding question - Find All Anagrams in a String.
Candidate's Approach
The candidate used Python to solve the coding question.
Interviewer's Feedback
No feedback provided.
Round 3
Questions:
- System Design question - Initially a common Backend System Design question, later changed to Design a File Browser for the web. However, most questions focused on backend design rather than frontend.
Candidate's Approach
The candidate discussed frontend experience but ended up answering mostly backend design questions.
Interviewer's Feedback
No feedback provided.
Round 4
Questions:
- Coding question - A simple problem was presented, followed by a request to write unit tests for it.
Candidate's Approach
The candidate's coding skills were tested, but specific details of the approach were not provided.
Interviewer's Feedback
No feedback provided.
The overall process felt more like they wanted an SDE with little frontend experience rather than a frontend-focused role. The candidate received a rejection two days later with no reason mentioned.