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Amazon SDE1 Contract Interview Exp

Round 1

Questions:

  1. Array problem that required either a queue or multiset approach.
  2. "Rotting Oranges" (some variation and optimized code) graph question.
Candidate's Approach

The candidate managed to solve both problems within the given time.

Interviewer's Feedback

The interviewer asked 2-3 leadership principle based questions.


Round 2

Questions:

  1. "Sort 0, 1, 2" problem (optimized to O(1) space and O(n) time).
  2. Matrix problem.
Candidate's Approach

The candidate solved both problems but couldn’t achieve an O(1) space solution for the matrix problem.

Interviewer's Feedback

The interviewer asked about the candidate's work experience and 2-3 leadership principle based questions. HR mentioned that the feedback was mixed, resulting in the candidate being put on hold.