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Amazon | Contract SDE -1 | Banglore | Sept 2024

Online Assessment

Questions:

  1. Easy greedy question
  2. Medium graph question

I don’t remember the exact questions, but they were easier than those asked in the interview rounds.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Interview Round 1

Questions: Q1: Implement Backward and Forward buttons of a Browser
I briefly explained both stack- and linked list-based approaches. The interviewer asked me to focus on a linked list-based solution. I discussed, implemented, and answered his follow-ups.

Q2: Medium DSA Question
I was able to solve it but don’t remember the exact question.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Interview Round 2

Questions: Q1: 135. Candy
I provided a solution with O(N) time and space complexity. The interviewer asked me to optimize it further to O(N) time and O(1) space. I struggled to come up with the correct approach, even after hints.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Interview Round 3 (Managerial Round)

Questions: Q1: 871. Minimum Number of Refueling Stops
I solved it with O(N log N) time complexity and O(N) space complexity within 15 minutes. The remaining 15-20 minutes were spent discussing my project and its technical implementation. After that, the interviewer asked Leadership Principles (LP) questions.

Note: Leadership Principles (LP) questions were asked in all interview rounds.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

No feedback provided.


Result: I received the offer the next day.

Compensation