Amazon

Great interview process. The interviewer was supportive and gave hints to solve the question. The major focus of Amazon was on DSA, so practice it well and solve a bunch of DSA questions to become familiar with it.

OA 2 DSA Questions and Leadership Principle Simulation. One question was about lexicographical string comparison, and the other was sort-based, rule-based, but tricky to attempt. It took 3-4 hours to complete.

The Amazon SDE-1 interview has 4 stages: * An Online Assessment (coding + work simulation) * A phone screen (DSA + basics) * 3–4 onsite rounds (DSA, low-level design, leadership principles with a bar-raiser) * Finally, an HR/hiring discussio