Question

Amazon | SDE 2 | Recent Interview Experiences | 2022 | Set-44

Answer 1

I interviewed for Amazon SDE2, hyderabad location

 

R0 - OA(In August 2022)
hackerrank
coding
sum of server powers LC Hard https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-of-total-strength-of-wizards/
Min swaps to make a palindrome LC Easy(ans: (mismatched_pairs +1)/s)
and a few MCQs on architecture/design

 

R1 - postponed/cancelled due to scheduling conflicts
R2 - Hiring manager round with SDM
Design social media app
requirements - user create posts, users follows, how close to real time can u make, how does it scale with more users?
API
a few behavorial questions
a time where you went above and/or beyond requirements for customer
R3 -
Create Buzzer round(where participants press buzzer, judge chooses one
evaluation: only first buzzed can answer, positive/negative score
Which database/caching would you choose(SQL/NoSQL)
R1 -
similar to 4 sum
example looked similar to this [0,1,2,3,5,6], target=11, ans = 1 [1,2,3,5]/[0, 2,3,6] cant reuse same numbers
input: numbers are distinct.
Later interviewer ignored his test case and I just tried to give 4-sum solution

 

• provided solution in O(n^3)
  tried to do with two pairs meet in the middle couldn't reduce complexity from O(n^3)
  Interviewer hints: may be use additional space so that u may reduce time complexity
  a few behavorial questions
  Is there a time where you received/seeked some feedback from customer and how did you respond

 

and a few more questions on behavorial
Rounds 1,2,3 are given on September 23rd, 2022
My Profile
YOE: 3 yrs, in Indian IT
Edu: B.E Hons. non cs

 

A general question, I think did about average on system design/LLD and not so well on behavorial questions.
My status on amazon jobs portal changed to "No longer under consideration". Does this mean I am rejected?