New Graduate Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
I was sent a HackerRanker with two hard-level LeetCode questions. Each question was rephrased to be about an Amazon problem, e.g., package delivery or AWS scaling.
I answered both questions fully but did not get a response. I couldn't see how to do one problem in less than O(n^2).
Questions
Given a number of packages of varying lengths (integers). Create deliveries (i.e., subsequences) that are balanced (the last element is less than or equal to at least one element before). Return the maximum number of possible balanced deliveries.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Amazon New Graduate Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Amazon's interview process for their New Graduate Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Amazon's New Graduate Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Amazon Work Experiences
- 3.0Innovation at the cost of their employeesSoftware Development Manager • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomAugust 6, 2016Pros: Talented co-workers. Fantastic and fair processes.Cons: Little to no care for their employees' personal lives.
- 4.0Great Learning ExperienceSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomNovember 20, 2018Pros: Ambitious organisation and peers. Smart and kind colleagues. Wealth of training, learning resources, and learning experiences. Interesting engineering culture, very customer-centric.Cons: Lots of tech debt. Not much autonomy at the team level to address issues. Very waterfall. Requirements gather slowly. The product lifecycle needs slimming down. On-call experience was pretty taxing on personal life at times.
- 1.0Complex Projects, Terrible ManagementSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomSeptember 30, 2025Pros: Decent salary, and the projects are complex, so you get to learn a lot.Cons: Management is a joke here these days. Spineless, and everything dictated from above is made to seem as written by God. You get tracked for RTO always, and there is constant deadline pressure placed on each and every task. This company has become a complete joke.
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