amazon lwk hard this year

[sterile maple]

the interviews r harder but trust they r still lenient

[shrewd dome]

no just how many oa they sent out too. how lenient they are depends on teh interviewer not necessarily the company i thought google was my easiest proc this year

[pearl plume]

i didnt get zon oa :/

[inner nebula]

Oh wait did u do interview?

[shrewd dome]

i did it last year

[inner nebula]

Ohhh ok ok

[shrewd dome]

but just from what my friends are saying

[inner nebula]

I got the int on Thursday so I’m kinda worried

[shrewd dome]

they hire late into the season

but I guess I got my offer extactly during valaitines day a year ago

[inner nebula]

Do they got any advice for this year?

[lime nexus]

Untill when does zon hire usually?

[inner nebula]

Also they get offer?

[inner nebula]

Bro I think some ppl last year got offer in like

April

💀

But tbh I do see it going for a while

[shrewd dome]

they usually started to waitlist until march but some people got offers in april

[inner nebula]

There was the layoffs and I feel like

[sterile maple]

i dont think summer is anywhere near hc yet

[inner nebula]

Not much progress was made

[shrewd dome]

not really isn't it just lwk last year x2

[lime nexus]

Oh thanks bro i have been waiting for my interview since 2 months

[inner nebula]

Ah

When u OA

Also did u get the

Continued interest call / email

[lime nexus]

December 20th was oa
Continued interest was feb 4th

[inner nebula]

Ag ok ok

Ah*

Gl bro

U got this

[lime nexus]

Hopefully

Thanks bro

[fossil plover]

when did u get ur interview inv? also what are ur recruiters initials?

[fossil plover]

oh wait nvm i didnt read it correctly

[civic kiln]

it was hard.. r1 had graph + class design r2 was dp

[inner nebula]

@civic kiln did it atleast go well?

Also r u a masters student

[civic kiln]

no soph and behavioral was fire yes

[inner nebula]

Did u get offer?

Oh damn

Gl bro

If it’s cool can I dm u

Should have prob asked before I actually dmed u so I apologize

[sterile maple]

dw i did bad on 1 and still got offer

[inner nebula]

💀

[sterile maple]

keep hopes up

[inner nebula]

But wasn’t urs with the LLD

[sterile maple]

ye

[inner nebula]

Ah fair

Let’s see ig

Need to lock in for technical 😭

Kinda worried on what they could ask

[sterile maple]

dont overprep tho

i c u stressin 2 much lol

[inner nebula]

Been just prepping trees

[civic kiln]

i dont mind bro.. i gotchu

[inner nebula]

Yeah I kinda am ngl, kinda my only proc left

[sterile maple]

just know ur lps and relax

nothing else u can control rlly

[inner nebula]

And lowke like I got hope bc I see ppl not having it yet but hope causing more worry

[swift thunder]

Google the new zon bro I passed google ints but failed zon oa 😭

[sterile maple]

ye google ints were chill

r u stuck in tm also

or got offer

[swift thunder]

Nah made it out last month

But literally waited forever

Since oct

[swift thunder]

Ik some ppl who got hards but ifl most got ez-med

[inner nebula]

God damn

[sterile maple]

ye then op is right

literally interviewer dependent

[sterile maple]

nice

[civic kiln]

sm of any process is just luck

[inner nebula]

I mean that is true

I went 15/15 and then 8/15 on oa so idk how I passed

💀

[sterile maple]

only need 20/30 total on oa p sure

if they like ur resume u will get an int

ibm proc is now like zon used to b lol

[inner nebula]

Yeah let’s see

I’m lowke like kinda confused on why they like my resume

Got no prior but cool projects maybe

[sterile maple]

i dont have a good prev either, so ya prob project?

but even that not great lol

maybe skills idk

[shrewd dome]

faang is random

/more random than faang+ companies

[sterile maple]

ye

i actually know like better ppl at faang+ than faang

better meaning like more competent ig

[shrewd dome]

its because faang+ interviews are harder

faang interviews are easier

in general

[sterile maple]

ye

[shrewd dome]

airbnb was the hardest interview i hace ever taken

2 hards

back to back

[sterile maple]

airbnb prob hardest proc in general lol

[shrewd dome]

stripe interview was easier but you have to be fast always typing

I thought apple was in level on faang+

cause there interview is random

[sterile maple]

apple lot of rounds

team just gotta like u also

faang+ also pay more in general right

[shrewd dome]

not really

just work at google lwk if you can

[sterile maple]

ye ofc

google by far the best company imo

[hidden hinge]

if i get asked a graph or dp for zon its actually wraps

[sterile maple]

graph bruh

review graphs

and dp easy at least

[thick glen]

Dang I have my int for zon tomorrow

[hidden hinge]

yea lowk just been grinding blind 75

at trees rn

idk how else i can prep cuz i didn’t think id get the proc

[shrewd dome]

usaully pay the same but the benefit is faster promos

[sterile maple]

true

[sterile maple]

its fine blind 75 usually enough tbh

know lps and u chillin

[shrewd dome]

can't really after just do some pratice and hope to get lucky

[hidden hinge]

yea i’m pretty decent at behavs

[hidden hinge]

nah yea that’s the only thing i can do atp

[sterile maple]

how is roblox int

[shrewd dome]

roblox int oa is hard

/not hard just long

and annoying

[sterile maple]

tech?

[shrewd dome]

but after that leetcode mediums

2 leetcode mediums

[inner nebula]

@hidden hinge if it’s cool, when’s ur proc

[sterile maple]

not bad

[hidden hinge]

int thursday

wbu

[inner nebula]

Oh damn

Same

[shrewd dome]

just gotta get pass the oa where you have to write an essay and play games which is like 3 hours

[sterile maple]

ye

some of the dumbest and smartest ppl ik at roblox

[shrewd dome]

annoying asf imo

[sterile maple]

so was wonderin

if u get past the oa thats impressive tbh

[inner nebula]

Yo bro good luck, u got this

[thick glen]

Thanks man

[hidden hinge]

good luck man @thick glen

[sterile maple]

we all rootin for kayden

[shrewd dome]

yea there was also leetcode hards on there too

[thick glen]

I will let yall know how it goes

[sterile maple]

jeez

[shrewd dome]

but after oa safe sailing

and also lwk you get paid more than every big tech out of college new grad

so thats really good with similar benefits to google

but rep is kinda ass

just the pedo and stuff

[sterile maple]

oh ye lol

[sterile maple]

here's your question: https://leetcode.com/problems/reconstruct-itinerary/

[shrewd dome]

damn zon hated u

[sterile maple]

lol no i didnt get that

but zon def gonna screw some 1 over

[shrewd dome]

better be getting more benefits soon 😥 😥

after all the layoffs

and hard ass interviews now

[sterile maple]

ye

[thick glen]

I heard a lot of people have gottten lc hards

[sterile maple]

i mean their salary is good as it is

[sterile maple]

do uk if they are like aws or smth

[thick glen]

nah not aws

[shrewd dome]

the problem with zon is just they don't give benefits otherwise its as good as google imo with more work in aws most of the time

[sterile maple]

zero wlb

[lament lagoon]

they let everyone into tm to give ppl hope just to reveal tm is literal hell

[sterile maple]

i prioritize that a lot

[sterile maple]

legit man

whole country in there

[inner nebula]

Where did u get this from 💀

[shrewd dome]

there more people

[sterile maple]

nah was j tryna scare him

ignore

[shrewd dome]

everyday

[inner nebula]

Oh

[shrewd dome]

also lwk google tm random asf

my friend who was IT intern last year got matched with ai/ml team in nyc

[inner nebula]

Oh is it like Google tm isn’t even guarantees?

[sterile maple]

wow

[shrewd dome]

nah not this year especially

[sterile maple]

ye its prob rlly low match rate this yr

[inner nebula]

Lowke did zon clutch up this year 💀

[lament lagoon]

no bro 💀

its rlly bad

[inner nebula]

Tm before interview

[lament lagoon]

consider it legit another round

[inner nebula]

Kinda like how Apple does it right

Oh damn

[shrewd dome]

depends on the team but yuh usually google has better wlb

[lament lagoon]

tm is so doomed so many good resumes getting chopped rn

[shrewd dome]

apple does it in reverse

[inner nebula]

Interview then tm?

[lament lagoon]

they just fill the pool like crazy so their hosts get to pick candidates that are picture perfect for their project

[shrewd dome]

my friends ass resume got it

[inner nebula]

Oh damn

[lament lagoon]

the alignment of matches is usually like 95% what ur resume shows

[lament lagoon]

yea ive see a few

ive also seen a few straight nepo

[shrewd dome]

yuh

[lament lagoon]

but most of the time its just hell

the hosts intv 3-5 on avg

[shrewd dome]

my friend has 3 school projects on her resume and still got matfched

[lament lagoon]

for 1 spot

[shrewd dome]

ts not fair this year lol

[lament lagoon]

and hella ppl havent even gotten calls yet 😂

like 3 months into tm 😂😂

[shrewd dome]

she told me she didn't do good on follow ups either

and didn't finsih the question

😭

[lament lagoon]

yea thats edge case

[sterile maple]

ye i lwk didnt get followups either

[lament lagoon]

its inevitable some mfs will luclbox their way in

[sterile maple]

maybe thats y not matched

[shrewd dome]

yuh but luck is insane lol

[lament lagoon]

yea thats why its only a few

personally ive only seen 1 extreme luckbox situation

[shrewd dome]

bro lwk I think she was helping u on the googler discord

filling out the form

[lament lagoon]

and like 2-3 straight nepo team matches

[lament lagoon]

wtf

wh

who

[dusty latch]

guys i have zon interview on tuedsay

how hard are the questiosn this cycle

i did neetcode 150 and some zon tagged

[sterile maple]

same level of qs approximately

just 2 ints

u r prepped dw

review lps and good to go

[dusty latch]

wb for behavior

oh kk

apparently they're asking hella abt how to use ai

and stuff

[sterile maple]

wtf

[shrewd dome]

i might be misremebering

[thick glen]

i heard they ask you how you use gen ai

[shrewd dome]

but is her name than like 2 matches 2 calls

[lament lagoon]

idt ive asked anyone to help w my form

[lament lagoon]

wait huh

just dm me her user

[sterile maple]

oh ye but like bro u can bs that

[thick glen]

yea that question is easy

[sterile maple]

my answer was kinda hard ngl: talked about reviewing tickets and comparing implementation with llm response (dive deep lp)

nvr did that in my life

[dusty latch]

also mine is specifically on the agi team so do yg know anyth abt that

[sterile maple]

bro y yall gettin such good teams

[sterile maple]

and i dont sry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exgYMdo8Vdk

he a yapper but watch the vid and u fine for behavioral trust

[inner nebula]

Gl gl @dusty latch

Let us know how it goes

[shrewd dome]

I lwk had two screens one with all my behavioral stories

[dapper lantern]

like how you use ai for coding and stuff like that?

also for those that got matched to a team for the zon interview did they only say what team you got matched to when ints get scheduled? i only received email with my int availability and it didnt give me a team

[shrewd dome]

Bro they match u now before 😭😭😭 ts is too much

[sterile maple]

ya they told during int

rec wont tell till offer

[inner nebula]

Atleast for me i got it after

Like team after availability

[fossil plover]

they give u interview after team matching?

[dapper lantern]

ah ok

[sterile maple]

ye

[fossil plover]

oh that might be why some ppl are getting interviews earlier than others

[dapper lantern]

what team did you get if you dont mind me asking @inner nebula

[sterile maple]

i got fulfillment centers

wait ye manifesting how did uk ur team before intv

[shrewd dome]

That’s aura

[inner nebula]

Imma be honest, idk the actual team.

I got a list of my interviewers and when looking them up, they were all the same task and in the same location

I find it quite hard to be a conincedence because there’s a decent amount of them

[dapper lantern]

wait hold on how many interviewers do you have😂

[sterile maple]

https://media.tenor.com/vExU_25lPy4AAAAM/stop-the-cap-cap.gif

[inner nebula]

Idk why that many but like

All the same is insane

💀

Hope not

[dapper lantern]

oh shi

[inner nebula]

Yeah but

Also can u delete if it’s cool

Tyty, I’m not sure if I’m supposed to share that lol

[sterile maple]

i did but trust me no 1 gaf

esp in here

[inner nebula]

Prob true

Rather be safe then sorry

lol

[gilded idol]

how do u guys know what team ur interviewing for

[sterile maple]

search up interviewers

otherwise they told me in int

[inner nebula]

Tbh ur supposed to get them later but idk why mine came so early

[gilded idol]

ah okay, i havent got my interview details yet so i wasnt sure

can the interviews be team dependent?

[dapper lantern]

how long has it been for u

6 days for me

[gilded idol]

bc i saw some ppl saying they got system design n stuff

[sterile maple]

interviews r org dependent i think?

oh ye i did get that

[inner nebula]

I would assume so

[sterile maple]

think mine was team dependent tbh

[inner nebula]

When r yalls interviews?

[sterile maple]

so many ppl have it this wk lol

[gilded idol]

i got an email on friday but not confirmed yet

they just said the day not the interviewers

[thick glen]

I was supposed to have mine two weeks ago but they kept pushing it back.

[sterile maple]

ye bro one of my interviewers did no show

like bro wasting my time

[dapper lantern]

that's crazy u still haven't had the int yet?

[sterile maple]

it screws us over

[thick glen]

Have it tomorrow

[sterile maple]

imagine someone has it scheduled in march, no show, then waitlisted

so stupid

[gilded idol]

so should i prep lc and system design? 😭

[inner nebula]

I would do lc and lp

[sterile maple]

if u r undergrad no need to prep system design

at all

im masters

[gilded idol]

ah okay

yea lps for sure

[inner nebula]

I would still do it

Ik some that got lld

[sterile maple]

ye lld not as hard tho tbh

basically oop

if u know lc ur fine for that

[gilded idol]

i mean i have a very basic understanding

[sterile maple]

bro system design i didnt get a single thing right

think interviewer almost started laughing

still got offer

[gilded idol]

what was the question he asked 😭

[sterile maple]

they just makin sure u can talk and know dsa

system design for web crawler

[inner nebula]

We’re there a lot of runtime questions

[sterile maple]

i explained like endpoints

then he started sayin smth bout elasticsearch

i was like ye bro no pt

[gilded idol]

hm okay

[inner nebula]

I lowke suck at runtime till I actually implement it and even then it’s meh

[sterile maple]

i mean tbh

[inner nebula]

Maybe that’s the point trust

[sterile maple]

for zon u should write max O(nlogn) code

[inner nebula]

If ur not comfortable with it, speaking up

[gilded idol]

what was the split between the tech and lps for u, bc i heard some people say they got 15m 45m and others 30m 30m

[inner nebula]

Learn and be curious, learn it in the future

[sterile maple]

1st rd: tech - 40, lp - 20
2nd rd: tech - 25, lp - 15, sys design - 20

dont even wanna talk about those last 20 mins

[gilded idol]

ah okay

😭

[gilded idol]

so if i only know brute force am i cooked

[sterile maple]

no

[inner nebula]

U could lowke just

Explain ur brute force to the best of ur ability

[sterile maple]

i rlly feel like for intern if u get the q right ur fine

but brute force they will ask followups

[inner nebula]

I heard that zon just rlly likes that u can communicate

[gilded idol]

right

[sterile maple]

explain ur approach for followups

[sterile maple]

yes exactly

[gilded idol]

cool cool

[inner nebula]

Also idk how important this is or how true but

I remember reading smth and it was a interviewer saying like

They know ur an intern

They don’t expect u to be a god at writing code

[gilded idol]

right

[inner nebula]

But they would love to see if you can atleast communicate what u wrote and take initiate to be better

[sterile maple]

its rlly dependent on interviewer man

pray for luck thats all im sayin

[gilded idol]

i hope mines chill

[hidden hinge]

yea lowk just pray luck and run some mocks

make sure ur communicating everything

[inner nebula]

I didn’t know this but you can write reviews for a person 💀 on LinkedIn

[gilded idol]

what did u do to prepare for the lps, just create a star answer for each one?

[sterile maple]

the engineers r chill

the hms grill just fyi

[sterile maple]

yup

i had three favorites: bias for action, dive deep, ownership

[inner nebula]

I heard best choice is to make like 5-6 stories and just

[hidden hinge]

wait for the lps. they just ask u a generic behavorial question and u just try to tie it to the lp?

[inner nebula]

Change it for the question

[hidden hinge]

or did they mention it explicitly

[sterile maple]

they ask it in a smart way

earn trust: tell me when you had disagreement with team member
ownership: is there a time when you had to prioritize long-term value over short-term benefit

i almost said bias for action for second one, then saved myself

[inner nebula]

Basically they

Look for smth

[hidden hinge]

i see. so u have to know which one theyre referring to?

[sterile maple]

no u dont

but u have to tie it to smth that corresponds

[hidden hinge]

oh

ohh i see

[sterile maple]

for second one u can even say dive deep

doesnt matter rlly

[inner nebula]

I lowke think u can run

All 3

[sterile maple]

ye

[inner nebula]

Like bias, dive deep and call for action for the second

[sterile maple]

there's one called strive to be earth's best employer

guarantee no 1 said that shit

[hidden hinge]

😭

[gilded idol]

LMFAO

[inner nebula]

Earths greatest soldier typa moment

[hidden hinge]

some1 gotta be differnt

[sterile maple]

one of them is corny

"Are Right, A Lot"

like wtf that j sounds bad

[inner nebula]

Lowke that sounds like

Stuck up

[dapper lantern]

i heard that ur not supposed to really outright the mention the LP tho more so just convey it in ur response correct?

[sterile maple]

lwk amazonian vibe

[sterile maple]

ye this is where i screwed up lwk

[dapper lantern]

lmao i hate that one

[sterile maple]

i metnioned it explicitly

but ye do the explain the description instead of mention the principle

if u do that with STAR chillin

[gilded idol]

did u get hm round bc ur masters? i thought intern is just 2 interviews with mid level eng

[inner nebula]

No

I’m not masters and my first is with a hm

Second is an eng

[sterile maple]

ye

[gilded idol]

oh wtf

[sterile maple]

thats right

[gilded idol]

fuhhh

[sterile maple]

it could be eng and hm

or eng and eng

just sayin hms more strict in general

[inner nebula]

Idk if this is cope or just a motivation

But imma treating this as motivation

[hidden hinge]

never had an int w a hm how are they

[gilded idol]

😭

[inner nebula]

But not every team needs an intern this year

[sterile maple]

they r fine, but they want to see how much u rlly know

[inner nebula]

They picked u for an interview because they like ur resume

So be brave and be bold

Say what u wanna say

Regardless of what happens, give it ur all

[sterile maple]

lc will be aligned with their team does, maybe lld, and lps will be carefully analyzed

[gilded idol]

u right twin

[sterile maple]

honestly everyone is fine

what more can u do

[dapper lantern]

i heard someone got resume grilled is that a common thing or nah

[inner nebula]

So even if u get rejected, u don’t feel regret bc u didn’t do ur best

[sterile maple]

hell nah

[inner nebula]

I’ve heard like 1 person get grilled out of a lot, so not sure

[shrewd dome]

lwk for zon i would usually disagree but for this year speficiallty yuh they must have really liked your guys resume consdering they lwk didn't send out alot of oa and tm before

[sterile maple]

agreed

i feel its still early also tho

for zon at least

for summer they start sending ints p late

[gilded idol]

how long did it take u to hear back for offer?

after the interviews

[sterile maple]

2-3 days

most ppl

[inner nebula]

Yeah I know a lot of ppl who passed and got call before me that still don’t have interview so idk if it’s a sign but I’ll take it as one

[sterile maple]

recruiter call before int was so useless

[dusty latch]

wait i did nc 150 and zon taged but at the same time like

do yg know hwat topics they emphashized

theres no way they ask dp in the interveiw right

[sterile maple]

there is

a chance

[inner nebula]

They could

[sterile maple]

but graphs most likely

by far

[inner nebula]

I’ve heard

Graphs and trees

[dusty latch]

wait but like not some fuckass alien dictionary type qs right

[sterile maple]

no

[dusty latch]

trees im chill w

[sterile maple]

graphs/hashmap

id say highest likelihood

[dusty latch]

ok thta should be fine

[sterile maple]

oh ye manifesting right trees 2

[gilded idol]

did they only ask lc medium/hard

[sterile maple]

if u get a hard just tell em "have a good day"

[gilded idol]

is there a chance i get easy

[sterile maple]

one dude got 2 sum

so yes

a chance

[gilded idol]

no way

[sterile maple]

yes bro

[rich portal]

This thread clutch

[gilded idol]

😭

[rich portal]

I got a interview coming up with LEO

[hidden leaf]

amazon leo?

[rich portal]

Yea

Embedded role

[sterile maple]

t25 in the username is crazy

wtf embedded

[gilded idol]

LMAO

[rich portal]

But they said it’s just regular LC

[sterile maple]

is that same

[rich portal]

I’m a junior dw

😭

[hidden leaf]

@rich portal did u get a questionare before

[rich portal]

Yea

They told me to apply to leo cause they liked my resume for it

[mint hazel]

has anyone done the interview yet

[rich portal]

And them I got a questionaire like 6 weeks later

[hidden leaf]

i got one from recruiter sk or maybe ks? this friday

[sterile maple]

yes

[gilded idol]

do yk anyone that got rej after interview, and if they did smth wrong

[sterile maple]

yes

[gilded idol]

like what to avoid

[sterile maple]

i mean

[mint hazel]

for this season? @sterile maple

[sterile maple]

the weird part is

some ppl who got rej did better than me, but they mentioned their lps didnt go well

like they did better in coding

[sterile maple]

yup

[gilded idol]

oh wow

[mint hazel]

how was it?

[sterile maple]

im tellin u man

lps matter

[mint hazel]

what were ur technical questions?

and howd you prep for lps

[sterile maple]

lemme just copy smth 1 sec

[gilded idol]

seems like they care abt lps more than techs

[sterile maple]

interview experience was fine and interviewers were chill.

Round 1: LC + LP
Round 2: LC + LLD + LP

LC problems were more leetcode style (medium), and they were more concerned about clean and quality code than optimization.

Types of questions: graphs, hashmap, trees

LLD: not too technical, talk about endpoints/security/databases/tools (elasticsearch, AWS/GCP, SQL/NoSQL as an example)

LPs that came up the most were Bias for Action, Dive Deep, and Ownership.

Honestly just wish I reviewed system design.
questions were 3-page sequence on leetcode, src to dest bfs, cycle in linked list, system design for web crawler

[inner nebula]

Bro LPs matter so much

Ik some ppl who just did way better on OA but they told me that they didn’t take their LPs seriously and got rejected

[mint hazel]

ive never heard zon having llds

[rich portal]

Same lol

[mint hazel]

is this for intern??

[inner nebula]

I initially thought for master students but ik a junior who got an LLD

[sterile maple]

llds r for undergrads too

[hidden hinge]

how long after the int do they usually send rejs?

[sterile maple]

sry mine was legit sys design

[sterile maple]

same timeline

exact same

[mint hazel]

how do u even prep for lld

[sterile maple]

its dependent on recruiter

[rich portal]

5 business days I’ve heard

[sterile maple]

i just watched exponent videos

for lld

but i still failed

so idk what to say lol

[hidden hinge]

intersting never been asked lld before

[mint hazel]

is exponent videos the channel

[rich portal]

Is lld the same as system design

[sterile maple]

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/system-design/design-web-crawler-system-design/

this was my question

[rich portal]

I’m just praying that’s not asked

[sterile maple]

like bro

how do u expect me to get that shit right

[sterile maple]

yup

[sterile maple]

no

[inner nebula]

Imma be honest but

[hidden leaf]

@rich portal can i dm u about leo process

[mint hazel]

something like this then

[inner nebula]

Idk what’s happening in terms of like

How long

I’ve heard ppl get it the day after

[sterile maple]

lld is like coding class design

[inner nebula]

😭 2 weeks after

Idk

[sterile maple]

system design is architecture

[rich portal]

Do they ever ask a question like why Amazon?

[sterile maple]

simple basic

[inner nebula]

They can but maybe ppl think it’s a boring question

[sterile maple]

my shit looked like scribble scrabble man

smh

again tho if u not masters dw bout sys design

only lld

no pt stressing anyhow

[mint hazel]

are u masters?

[sterile maple]

ye unfortunately

[rich portal]

my recruiter didnt say to focus on lld or dp problem so imma just fade

Maybe do one or two dp as insurance

[gilded idol]

did u accept the offer

[sterile maple]

not yet

[hidden leaf]

is ur recruiter initials sk

[sterile maple]

prob next wk sometime

[gilded idol]

is there any chance of pushing to fall u think

[sterile maple]

im trying

[gilded idol]

ah i see

[sterile maple]

they prob gonna say no

[mint hazel]

how do u even prep fo rlld

[sterile maple]

but wait and c

[sterile maple]

no clue tbh

[mint hazel]

for ur lld did u have to code or was it just verbal

[sterile maple]

wait wait

lld u should prep

its code

[mint hazel]

where can i find like practice for it

[sterile maple]

https://www.lowleveldesignmastery.com/design-patterns-map/

idk like practice

but its nested class design

thats it

[gilded idol]

now im lowk worried about the lps more than the tech

[sterile maple]

u should b

promise thats the main thing

[inner nebula]

Wait @gilded idol did u schedule int yet

[sterile maple]

tech im tellin u bro

u can like miss a beat or wtv

lps just know ur scenarios

[gilded idol]

my recruiter tentatively scheduled it

idk the interviewers or details yet

[mint hazel]

do u explicilty mention the lp or kinda just answer in a way that shows u know the lp

do they prompt u with the lp and u have to answer with a scenario that relates to it?

[inner nebula]

Ah when is the range?

[sterile maple]

^

[sterile maple]

try not to mention principle lwk ye

[gilded idol]

25th

[hidden hinge]

how do do they ask and how do u code lld? just liek decalre the objects and some methods?

[inner nebula]

Ah nice

I wish I can delay but eh

Gotta do it eventually

Just gotta lock in

[sterile maple]

example: code a class to start a Game

reqs:

• two players
• play method

class Game {

 class Player {

 }

 void play() {

 }

}

keep building from there

simple dont overcomplicate it dw

[hidden hinge]

okay yea thats not too bad

bro lowk blessing us rn

[sterile maple]

ye i need everyone at zon bro

[gilded idol]

frl

[inner nebula]

Fr

Bro I wish I was at zon Seattle

Meet ppl fr

Idt I am but let’s see

🥀

[hidden hinge]

they give u loc?

[inner nebula]

My team isn’t based in Seattle so idk

[gilded idol]

i thought all interns at seattle

[sterile maple]

im bellevue

[inner nebula]

No

[gilded idol]

weird

[sterile maple]

no interns all over

[gilded idol]

ah ok

[inner nebula]

Hopefully

I get like an

Lru cache variant

And a tree

And like

Hella lp

I’m confident in my talking skills

[gilded idol]

is the coding for zon like google? like they dont compile it but its in like a google document kind of thing?

[sterile maple]

they ask like 3-5 lp

ye they dont run code

you dont need a main method or anything

google defines it well, amazon its more open ended tho

[gilded idol]

hm ok

[inner nebula]

Wait so

[mint hazel]

if u dont run it do they ask u to walk thru ur code?

[inner nebula]

How did they know if the code is correct / works

[sterile maple]

trust me they know

[sterile maple]

have to explain first

[inner nebula]

Ah fair

lol

Me when I see a tree: alr let’s do recursion spam and find it out eventually

[sterile maple]

u ask questions, understand return type, params, etc.

• write comments in code if u can
• keep talking while coding so interviewer and u r aligned

[inner nebula]

Oh yeah

I heard

[sterile maple]

if u get confused for a second start talking about what you are confused about

[inner nebula]

Writing unit tests is good

[sterile maple]

yap helps sometimes

[mint hazel]

so you dont actually end up running ur code

?

[sterile maple]

nope

its so stupid imo

[mint hazel]

thats devious

[sterile maple]

but look they know if it would work or not

they've prob mocked the question so many times

so just gotta explain well

[inner nebula]

Yeah

Esp for us bro

We ain’t like Einstein

[sterile maple]

said who

just wait and c

[inner nebula]

I would assume that we only know so many ways to code it and they’ve seen it all

[gilded idol]

do they care if i mess up syntax

[sterile maple]

some of the interns r cracked

no syntax is fine

implementation more

like wrong data sturctures

nested loops

[gilded idol]

ah ok

[sterile maple]

etc.

[inner nebula]

Yeah I still sometimes mess up the data structure

Lowke I’ve been using this guide and it’s helped a lot more

I never considered this but

If u use the constraints

U can tell what it is to an extent

[sterile maple]

true

somehow its hard to c but every q can be solved with a hashmap

unless its backtracking or smth

i feel like thats ol reliable

[inner nebula]

Like for example, if they want a recursion one

Their constraints aren’t gonna be insanely high

[sterile maple]

u def wont get asked recursion

1000%

but ye

[hidden hinge]

really?

backtrack that kinda stuff

[sterile maple]

on my mom's mom bro

wont get asked that

if u do blame me

[quasi bobcat]

russian doll envelopes

[hidden hinge]

finna snatch ur offer if i get asked that

[sterile maple]

sure go right ahead

at least some dsa correlate w the job

[inner nebula]

Fair lol

Also I just want a tree thing

Lowke like

[gilded idol]

so are most popular topics trees/graphs?

[sterile maple]

yes by far

[inner nebula]

99% of the time they usually show a picture

Makes my life easier if so

Or they portray it in a way I can mentally make a tree

[gilded idol]

do u think doing tagged helps

[quasi bobcat]

make sure u lock in for segment/fenwick trees

[gilded idol]

or just practice topics

[sterile maple]

honestly both

nc 150 and tagged

but if time for only 1 tagged past 30 days best

u guys can prob alr code well man

maybe just review/skim topics then

[quasi bobcat]

what a goat sgmaster

[inner nebula]

I think my main problem is

I decided to swap languages so

[sterile maple]

just bored man

[inner nebula]

I’m trying to relearn everything

[sterile maple]

sunday nights suck

[inner nebula]

💀

[quasi bobcat]

helping the youngins is so inspirational

[sterile maple]

this what i need to see from yall after offer

help me back out

but fr this is nothin like typical zon prep

[gilded idol]

im getting that offer twin

[rich portal]

Thank you @sterile maple 🙏

[sterile maple]

ofc purpose of this server is to help out

[inner nebula]

Fr fr

We all at zon

[patent stratus]

i do codeforces in c++ but interview/oa in python

[inner nebula]

Yeah I usually do it in c++ but I’ve been getting kinda cooked in time sometimes so just gonna try python

I did OA in python so imma keep the trend

[patent stratus]

python has a ton of shortcuts

c++ lowkey does as well, because they let anyone put anything into STL

[inner nebula]

Yo good luck @thick glen

[thick glen]

Thanks man, I will let yall know how it goes.

[thick glen]

Got told first interview got canceled due to an emergency so now I just have one today.

[peak stirrup]

@thick glen dyk what team you’re interviewing alr or do they tell you after?

[thick glen]

I don’t know the team

[sterile maple]

ridiculous 2nd time right

[thick glen]

Yea second time

[inner nebula]

Damn 😭

Good luck regardless

[lament lagoon]

ik someone last year who was getting rescheduled for 2 months straight

just over and over again

somewhere between 5-8 reschedules

[inner nebula]

Damn

Did it atleast end out well

[lament lagoon]

shit was insane 😂

[inner nebula]

Like at zon or another company

[lament lagoon]

yea he got offer

at zon

[inner nebula]

Oh damn

[thick glen]

Done

45 min coding 15 minutes behavioral

[fossil plover]

first round got canceled right?

did they reschedule?

[thick glen]

They are working on rescheduling right now.

[fossil plover]

how was it?

[thick glen]

It went good had so many follow ups on the coding portion

[fossil plover]

ah okay thats good news

[fossil plover]

sorry just a few follow ups:

1. how many technical questions?
2. was it whiteboard, live editor? did they have test cases? are you expected to run it?
3. what difficulty were the questions?
4. what type of questions?
5. do you remember the behavioral questions? anything unique or was it just traditional behavioral questions?

[hidden hinge]

broo u got ts

[thick glen]

1. One technical but there was so many follow ups 2. Live editor just walked through test cases I made up 3. Question was easy but follow ups increased in difficulty

[inner nebula]

Nice

[sterile maple]

Good shit kayden

[distant junco]

just got interview invite

are both 60 minutes tech?

[hidden hinge]

yea

[rapid solstice]

if its 60 minutes tech, is that 2 questions with followups? i also just got my interview scheduled today

[sterile maple]

Could b 1 or 2 coding

If 2 coding likely no followups

[grizzled citrus]

@sterile maple how long did it take for u to hear back from zon after ur interview

[shrewd dome]

From last year they promised 5 business days

[jagged trellis]

@thick glen are you comfortable sharing what ur coding question was?

[grizzled citrus]

ty

[sterile maple]

Mine was 2-3 days

But ye they quick

[mint hazel]

@sterile maple what behav questions did they ask u?

[sterile maple]

• talk about a time when you were informed of an earlier deadline than anticipated
• tell me a project where you valued long-term results over short-term completion
• Is there an instance where you had to resolve conflict with a team member and how did you drive that effort

[distant junco]

do they ask these along with your tech?

highkey I have no clue how the interview process works 😅

oh so the 60 minutes are broken into tech + behavioral?

[sterile maple]

yup thats right

[grand rain]

When you got the email for interview scheduling, how long after you responded did they schedule your interview?

[sterile maple]

mine was a day

[fossil plover]

also a day

[grand rain]

Its been six days since I responded to the email, should I follow up? I did only give them one day out of my window because of availability, and offered other days past that

[fossil plover]

doesnt hurt to try

[grand rain]

I also responded the next day from my initial email because I needed time to figure out that availability, surely that isn't a huge issue right

[sterile maple]

some of these schedulers/rec horrible man

luck draw

[grand rain]

ah i see

thank you

[distant junco]

what’s their initials?

mine also hasn’t responded and it’s been 2 days now </3

[grand rain]

DG

i mean she gave me a week window and i told her i was only available on the last day of that window

but today is the first day of that initial window😭

[grand rain]

following up worked, she just replied with the schedule

[hidden hinge]

w

[fossil plover]

nice, same window or diff one?

[mint hazel]

@sterile maple what would u say are the most important lps to talk about and mention

[sterile maple]

bias for action, ownership, dive deep

bias for action is prob main one tbh

[grand rain]

the next day outside of the original window, first day of the extra availability I provided

[fossil plover]

ok perfect

[grand rain]

back to back interviews, 30 minutes between

[inner nebula]

Bro lowke like @sterile maple do u think lps could be the same weight age, if not mare than techs 💀

Been reading and asking ppl even for OA experience and ppl got full points still got rejected for both

[sterile maple]

Wait

They got rejected when they did well on both?

[inner nebula]

No I mean like they did well on technical for both OA and interview but kinda didn’t focus on LP

the context was my friend was trying to find out what score to pass OA bc he did better than me but no int

[hidden hinge]

ig they wanted both

could be luck too

[sterile maple]

Ye honestly luck

[undone pier]

i also got my interview in a week or so

how strict r they with getting the coding right

[undone pier]

i thought customer obsession was easily #1?

[sterile maple]

I didn’t get asked 1 like that

Prob not for intern

[sterile maple]

Like syntax? Problem in general they expect at least brute force sol I bet

[inner nebula]

Quick question but @sterile maple u don’t directly name drop the lp right

[sterile maple]

nope

[inner nebula]

Wait so u do?

Sorry just confused

[sterile maple]

dont directly name drop lp

just describe it best u can

[jagged trellis]

hi everyone, was wondering if you all wouldn’t mind answering a small question of mine. how long after completing OA’s did ppl typically wait until getting their email to schedule their interview(s)?

[sterile maple]

2-3 months

But it depends ig

[jagged trellis]

oh what

[sterile maple]

I did oa early nov

[jagged trellis]

i got recruiter reach out two days ago and finished my OA just now

[sterile maple]

u could get it earlier

[jagged trellis]

i’ll cross my fingers

[hidden leaf]

what does it say

[sterile maple]

huhhh

[distant junco]

zon only asks lc style, right?

[sterile maple]

and lld

[distant junco]

did you get lld?

[sterile maple]

no sys design cuz masters

some undergrads got 1 lld 1 lc is what i meant

[distant junco]

oh you’re masters?

[sterile maple]

yup

[gilded idol]

has anyone here interviewed with amazon leo? it looks like my interview will be with that team

[peak stirrup]

is it true that zon rej decisions come out faster than offers?

I’ve been waiting 3 days and nothing so far :/

[shrewd dome]

thats not true

at most 5 business days

[analog gale]

anyone know if this list is accurate/consistent with LC 30 day tagged

https://seanprashad.com/leetcode-patterns/

for zon

[sturdy seal]

ive done lc 150 before, going through zon most recent 30. havent done too much prep for behav/LP cuz im lowk hella ass for LC,. are LPS weighed that much more, should i focus on them more than LC?

[sterile maple]

yes

[distant junco]

idk about if they're weighed that much more

it's like a balance

good tech can't really save from bad lps and vice versa

[sturdy seal]

yeah ofc, out of the 2 tho id say im worse at technical

im obv still gonna prep like 10 or so stories that span across several lps but idk how much i should go into rehearsing them

idk what imma do if i see an lld

[distant junco]

yeah I feel you

just lock in stories a day before and it's chill

[rapid solstice]

quick question, so for undergrads/intern roles I shouldnt have to prepare for any sys design question right? also, would it be fair to assume the difficulty should be around a medium? and if so, would there be any point in practicing any of the hards

[grand rain]

For those who took the interview, were your lc questions ones that were on the Amazon most frequently asksd!?

[sterile maple]

ye shouldnt need sys design, you could get an lc hard always a chance

[sterile maple]

one out of two for me were

[open geyser]

are the 2 60 minute interviews one behavioral one tech? or do they both ask lc and then lp? (for intern)

[sterile maple]

they both ask lc and lp

[mint hazel]

@sterile maple how long did it take to hear back?

[sterile maple]

3 days

[mint hazel]

on what day did you take ur int?

[sterile maple]

02/10

[mint hazel]

and so you heard back on friday?

@sterile maple

[sterile maple]

yup

[grizzled citrus]

I got asked 4 LC and all of them were on tagged

But Amazon’s tagged is huge anyways

[hidden leaf]

4 lc?

[inner nebula]

Prob 2 in first and 2 in second

[hidden leaf]

that’s crazy 15 min per leetcode

[lament lagoon]

the intvs are 60 mins each

[hidden leaf]

i thought 30 min of each interview was for leadership principles?

[sterile maple]

mine was 15 and 20 min for lp

so tech part is 40-45 min

[inner nebula]

it can vary, some ppl got 15-20. I got 30 on first and 35 for second bc the interviewer asked so many follow ups

[hidden leaf]

dang that’s 40-45 min for tech sounds reasonable if 2 lc questions. if it’s 25 for 2 lc that’s pretty cooked. u have to just go right in

[analog gale]

which ones were they if you dont mind sharing

[grizzled citrus]

Yes

[grizzled citrus]

Graph algos and hashmaps

[sterile maple]

back in 23 u could get into zon with two-sum

[merry juniper]

Would you say meds of blind75 is enough?

[distant junco]

ug or grad?

[distant junco]

all mediums?

[rich portal]

I got asked 1 Lc for both ints 😭

[analog gale]

which topics did they ask u?

and which problems if u remember

[hidden leaf]

1 lc sounds good. how was ur interview?

[rich portal]

not a LC

it was a embedded role so a bit different

[analog gale]

btw when yall say ur lc was from tag do u mean the 30 day tagged or just all of the tagged (which is like half of lc lmao)

[sterile maple]

30 day

[distant junco]

I got asked 1 Lc for both ints 😭
so lc or nah?

[inner nebula]

Depends on interviewer

[rich portal]

nah

[distant junco]

was it like lld at least?

like lru cache

[rich portal]

Not really

It was in c++

Just one function

[grizzled citrus]

prolly

[grizzled citrus]

ug

[distant junco]

did they ask about ai fluency in LPs?

[grand rain]

Yes

3/4 behavioral i got asked by the second interviewer (hm) was about how I use AI

pretty easy to just make stuff up

asked about how I use it, and how I validate the output and a story about a time the output was wrong and i figured it out

if I had to guess only one of your interviewers will ask about it

[distant junco]

mm good to know

[dapper lantern]

were you expected to answer in star format for the ai questions or were they just general answer?

[distant junco]

I used star

lowk r1 cooked me </3

ggs

[grand rain]

it was hella funny bc he prefaced the behavioral part saying i should use star

but then before he asked the ai question he was like

"'ik i said you should use star but I'm going to ask a diff kind of question"

so for that one unless hes asking for a story u dont have to use

like if he's justasking for general workflow or process

but if hes asking for a story about using AI then use star

[grand rain]

tech or lp?

[distant junco]

tech

[grand rain]

what problem did u get

[distant junco]

dm

[thick glen]

still have not had my second interview lol

[sturdy seal]

yo dm me too pls

[abstract shadow]

It’s the 5th business day and no sign of zon response in inbox 💔

[thick glen]

Did you email recruiter ?

[abstract shadow]

Email said if I don’t hear within 5 business days I should email

This is the 5th day and theres only a few hours left till 5

[sturdy seal]

yo what thats crazy 😭

[mint hazel]

@thick glen did u hear back

does r1 or r2 matter more if anyone knows

[thick glen]

Not yet I took last interview Friday.

[mint hazel]

@abstract shadow when did u take int?

[abstract shadow]

The Friday before last Friday

[distant junco]

the hm one matters more

[grand rain]

I felt like my hm went way better than my first round, honestly didn't think I did well enough on the first one to pass but still got the offer

Heard back the next day

[distant junco]

my hm was the worse of the two 💔

[thick glen]

hey @sterile maple can I dm you

[sterile maple]

sure

dont gotta ask for dm lol not some big timer

[mint hazel]

@sterile maple what location r u

[distant junco]

yoo congrats @mint hazel

[mint hazel]

tyty

[sterile maple]

Bellevue

[hidden leaf]

is amazon interview team dependent and are ur interviewers the team u are matched with?

[distant junco]

yes and yes

[hidden leaf]

no amazon for me i guess💀

[distant junco]

aws?

[hidden leaf]

haven't interview one of the interviewer is a manager for amazon linux kernel

i know basically nothing about linux

[sterile maple]

They aren’t gonna ask about linux

They will tell u abt what they do on team, but you will have general coding and lps just like us.

Performance and eval is dependent on how you fare in that

[abstract shadow]

Yo congrats @mint hazel

How long did it take for you to hear back

[mint hazel]

a week

[distant junco]

are rejections faster?

[sterile maple]

no difference in timeline or pace for accept/reject

[abstract shadow]

its been 10 days since i took my interview

please zon i need this 💔

[distant junco]

my inbox is kinda offer less

https://tenor.com/lqT9Ji4x6g0.gif

[lament lagoon]

recession indicator

[grand rain]

Its all luck my questions were mickey and i heard other ppl were getting hards and 2d dp

Best thing u can do is prep best u can and hope for the best

[sturdy seal]

🙏 im in 11 hours im praying

[grand rain]

you're gonna do great dw j have ur lp stories prepared and be confident in the technical

[undone pier]

what technicals did u get

[shrewd dome]

how the fuck did this thread almost get 1k comments

[grand rain]

sgmaster was dropping ball knowledge

[mint hazel]

is zon hybrid or in office?

[grand rain]

5 days in office

[abstract shadow]

ong sgmaster carrying us to zon

[gilded idol]

Is anyone in here in an Amazon server for interns

If so can I get an invite

[lament lagoon]

dm

[jagged wave]

how do you guys prepare for system design, i have never done it before

[sterile maple]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtCHHeadkHp92TyPt1Fj452_VGLipJnL