1. Online Assessment

• 2 coding questions
• 70 minutes
• Both were medium difficulty
• Topics included Arrays, Strings and Sliding Window

1. Technical Round 1 – 45 mins

• Coding: Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters
• Follow-ups:
  • Brute force → optimized Sliding Window
  • Time and space complexity
  • Edge cases
• Discussion about previous projects and technical contributions.

1. Technical Round 2 – 45 mins

• Coding: Merge Intervals
• Discussed edge cases and complexity.
• Behavioral questions based on Amazon Leadership Principles.

1. Bar Raiser – 60 mins

• Mostly behavioral/Leadership Principle questions.
• Situation-based questions from previous experiences.
• Focus was on ownership, decision-making, challenges and impact.

1. Outcome The candidate wasn’t selected. Coding performance was acceptable, but the behavioral answers lacked sufficient depth and ownership.

Tell me about yourself, and shall we move on to DSA?