Amazon Onsite | SDE 1 | USA | AWS

Questions:

Design Question: Encode and Decode Strings
- Candidate solved the problem but approached it from a functional programming perspective rather than focusing on design.
DSA Question: Merge Intervals
- Candidate was confused about indexing but ultimately solved the problem.
DSA Question: Find Median from Data Stream
- Candidate solved the problem, transitioning from a brute force approach to an optimal solution.
Leadership Principles: Deep Dive + Invent and Simplify + Ownership
- Candidate rated their performance in this section as 7.5-8 out of 10.

Candidate's Approach

For the design question, the candidate focused on a functional programming approach instead of a design-centric one.
In the DSA questions, the candidate managed to resolve the issues with indexing and improved their approach from brute force to optimal for the median problem.

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