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Amazon | SDE 2 | India

Round 1

Questions:

  1. Given an array of integers and a number x. Find the minimum length of the subarray with a sum greater than the given value of x.

    • Input array: {1,4,45,6,0,19}, x = 51
    • Output = 3
  2. Given an array of strings words (without duplicates), return all the concatenated words in the given list of words. A concatenated word is basically a string which comprises entirely of at least two shorter words (not necessarily distinct) in the given array.

    • Example 1:
      • Input: words={"cat","cats","catsdogcats", "dog", "dogcatsdog", "hippopotamases","rat","ratcatdogcat"}
      • Output: {"catsdogcats", "dogcatsdog", "ratcatdogcat"}
      • Explanation: "catsdogcats" can be concatenated by "cats", "dog" and "cats"; "dogcatsdog" can be concatenated by "dog", "cats" and "dog"; "ratcatdogcat" can be concatenated by "rat", "cat", "dog" and "cat";

No LP's were asked as the coding part took more time than expected.

Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

Strong Hire.


Round 2

Questions:

  1. LP1: Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond to serve a customer. Why did you do it? How did it impact them?
  2. LP2: Tell me about a time when you took an unpopular stance, and your team members or manager disagreed. How did you navigate the situation?
  3. Design a loyalty program system for Amazon Fresh shoppers that rewards customers for their shopping behavior, manages point allocation, and handles tier-based benefits through a points wallet. Various tiers like: Silver, Gold, Platform tier, and a redemption system. Parameters of the exact question I don't remember.
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

Strong Hire.


Round 3

Questions:

  1. Design an Inventory Management System, and the same type of LP's as mentioned above.
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

Strong Hire.


Round 4

Questions:

  1. LP took around most of the time key areas were Customer Obsession, Dive Deep, and Ownership.
  2. We have to install packages; we are required to support the installation of a package and all of its dependent packages.
    • Similar to this question: https://leetcode.com/problems/course-schedule-ii/description/
Candidate's Approach

No approach provided.

Interviewer's Feedback

On Problem Solving: Mild Concern.


Overall Verdict: Hire Call

For LP's, please use this Discussion of LeetCode, it holds all the questions related to LP's.

Few Set of questions to prepare for Amazon: LeetCode Problem List.

Not yet received the offer; once received, will share the compensation details as well.