#Amazon Process
covert kayak
desert kiln
radiant cloud
did survey tuesday, they got back to me on friday
covert kayak
^
forest pine
did survey tuesday, they got back to me on friday
I completed survey on tuesday night
monday I will get the update I guess
covert kayak
tiny bramble
grand nebula
Unless it’s ood
do you get ood for amazon sde intern?
desert kiln
meager venture
do you get ood for amazon sde intern?
No but some ppl did
lofty light
aight we got the final round interview
what can I expect? how do I prep and make sure I don't actually fuck it up terribly?
not trying to get back into the interview grind so I'm fine not sleeping until my interview date
upbeat kraken
what can I expect? how do I prep and make sure I don't actually fuck it up terri...
Practice the top 50 Amazon tagged questions on LC. Do more if you have time.
Have a look at Amazon Leadership Principles and prepare your own answers to behavioral questions in such a way that your response covers one or more LPs.
forest pine
Guys those who completed amazon final interviews in 45 mins for you how much time they spent for self introduction, Leadership questions and Leetcode. do we need to run the code or just write please share your experience much appreciated
any one asked to just to explain the logic not to write code something?
covert kayak
+1 ^
upbeat kraken
The first 20-25 minutes generally consists your intro and Amazon LPs. It is followed by a DSA question. The interviewer will ask you to describe your algo verbally and then ask you to code if the interviewer finds your algo good.
After you solve, the interviewer may ask some follow up questions. Maybe regarding complexities or a better version of the problem.
grand nebula
The first 20-25 minutes generally consists your intro and Amazon LPs. It is foll...
by amazon LPs do you mean behavorial questions?
upbeat kraken
Yep
forest pine
The first 20-25 minutes generally consists your intro and Amazon LPs. It is foll...
Thanks man
covert crown
The first 20-25 minutes generally consists your intro and Amazon LPs. It is foll...
do they usually let you know when you should proceed to the question during the interview? or do you have to keep track fo the time yourself
meager venture
for me he just give the lc after i done answering the lp questions
i think i got like around 20-25 mins for the problem
meager venture
yea med
meager venture
i think they love hashmaps
covert kayak
2 sum it is
desert kiln
forest pine
2 sum it is
Lol they asked you two sum¿
covert kayak
no lol I'm just hoping
upbeat kraken
do they usually let you know when you should proceed to the question during the ...
Yeah, they'll let you know.
forest pine
no lol I'm just hoping
when is your interview scheduled
covert kayak
4 pm pst
lofty light
The first 20-25 minutes generally consists your intro and Amazon LPs. It is foll...
few questions, if that's ok
- how long should your intro be? I have one that goes for like 3 or 4 mins but I can shorten it obviously lol
- are the LP questions just normal behaviorals and you just have to connect them to the LPs at some point?
- is it guaranteed to just be the one question or are there more? i.e. is this just your experience
- anything I can do to prep? other than doing amazon's top 50 questions which I need to start doing sometime
spring eagle
@lofty light i wouldnt follow an exact format to prep. interviewers dont have like a checklist of things they need to ask, they just ask whatever they want
u should be able to tie ur story into a lp
or theyll ask u something along the lines of like
‘tell me about a time when u…’
as for LCs prep top 50 but be prepared for literally anything, my irl friend got sys design, i got a custom made question + 2 other LCs (3 LCs total 0 behavioral)
upbeat kraken
I agree with @spring eagle
I usually keep a 2 minute intro and I feel that the longer it gets, the person listening to it gets bored and loses attention.
forest inlet
anyone know what the absolute latest start/end date for amazon is?
meager venture
anyone know what the absolute latest start/end date for amazon is?
i think late july?
or late august
forest inlet
hmmm
meager venture
sucks that i could only do may 31 start
going to work right after final and right after work go back to school
forest inlet
meager venture
was expecting like a week off either in the beginning or at the end but guess not
wish our school does coop
spring eagle
anyone know what the absolute latest start/end date for amazon is?
latest is 12 weeks before september 16
forest inlet
hmmm
covert kayak
portal change to virtual location is guaranteed offer? 👀 my portal just changed
spring eagle
seattle?
covert kayak
covert kayak
WWWWWW
grand nebula
wait amazon summer internship is virtual?
open imp
Fuck yes!! fucking crushed amazon interview!!
covert kayak
nice !!
desert kiln
do you guys know when amazon finalizes the final date after filling out the survey for the final?
pure ermine
Does OA2 have any recordings or just MC?
muted sinew
Same bro!
covert kayak
good shit!!!
muted sinew
GL bro
quaint acorn
Does OA2 have any recordings or just MC?
There are video recordings
pure ermine
There are video recordings
The rest MC?
quaint acorn
The rest MC?
Yeah there are multiple choices for each situation and you have to rate each choice based on how well they adhere to the LPs
pure ermine
Okay. I was hoping I didn't have to dress up for it and I could just chill with MC.
quaint acorn
Okay. I was hoping I didn't have to dress up for it and I could just chill with ...
Oh by video recordings, I meant they'd give you video recordings of situations you might encounter as an engineer, I didn't mean that you yourself would recorded haha
You aren't recorded for oa 2
pure ermine
Oh okay. Sounds a lot better. Thanks!
quaint acorn
Sure!
meager venture
congrats man
covert kayak
thank you 
eternal rune
Anyone who took the final for intern role, do they ask about your resume?
jade oar
Anyone who took the final for intern role, do they ask about your resume?
They did and digged deep
Ymmv but they asked me on one project about the intention behind it, what tech stacks I chose, and 2 BQs
covert kayak
Anyone who took the final for intern role, do they ask about your resume?
Nope
covert kayak
technical took up like 25 mins of the time during my interview. behavioral (lp+intro) was like 15 min for me. it's completely random based on who interviews you I guess
muted sinew
Yea mine also did not ask about my resume
Mine went slightly over the 45 min slot but it was like 20 min behavioral and like 30 min technical
spring eagle
For me it seems there will be 2 interviews
what
no way
can you show the email?
intern is usually always 1x45
eternal rune
spring eagle
for swe?
eternal rune
eternal rune
and I always seem to be unlucky with interview scheduling
All of them are placed not even 1 week after the invitation
this one will be held on 12th of oct
spring eagle
the dublin process might be different
just be prepared for them to ask questions about ur resume
and then the lps
and for technical study amazon tagged
eternal rune
oh
and they sent me some materials
and on them it is specified
"we don't care about non optimal solutions"
guess it means I should just tell them the optimal one straight up
without going through the optimizing process
spring eagle
eh
imo thats a bad way to approach a new problem you haven't seen before
but if thats what they want lol
eternal rune
Your interviewers are not interested in
seeing pseudo code or brute force solutions.
copy pasted from it
forest pine
Done with sde intern got a leet code hard
prepare well guys I think I am out of this shit
forest pine
and one design question
too bad not able to decode the approach atleast
its way out my league
spring eagle
homie got hit with exodia
forest pine
All the best guys I think I am out nice exp though 😩
covert crown
bruh ya'll got me worrying af
meager venture
and one design question
damn thats a rip rng
forest pine
bruh ya'll got me worrying af
warning ⚠️ for you bro to prepare well
forest pine
damn thats a rip rng
😂😂 its brain fu*** problem bro
Hey guys just a small query any one got the idea of the solution and implemented it like 75% with some syntax errors passed the interview?
meager venture
i think so, as long as you smash the lp portion
forest pine
I am sure I smashed the LP
and it seems like my entire approach is correct with some silly list comprehension jerk mistakes that I made in the end it comes like a solution if i correct some brutal syntax errors
😂😂😂 if he thinks I got the logic with some syntax errors and he was okey with it then its cool I think
Thanks guys with all your tips and support I got improved the way I used to be 👋
muted sinew
Nope
At least not my interviewer
Even if I didn't have the exact function I was looking for he was like assume it exists and that he wrote it 😂
meager venture
not for me, I just manually test my code line by line and he was like "that looks right" and that's it
spring eagle
ur code still needs to be functioning without u running it
like it has to be correct
eh
python or what
im sure if its like a less commonly used function and u misspell it im sure itll be fine
but at least for me, my code had to be working
yeh
im pretty sure my interviewer copy pasted my code into vscode and ran it himself
LUL
open imp
im pretty sure my interviewer copy pasted my code into vscode and ran it himself
I think mine did too
how the heck did he know the output to my recursive dp function was gonna always be the same
no way he could have.. unless hes a recursion god
and he pointed it out 20 mins after i wrote the function
he mustve ran it himself
desert kiln
forest pine
im sure if its like a less commonly used function and u misspell it im sure itll...
Hope this works I tried to used combinations and counter both in a list comp and messed it
open imp
he made the question himself
yeah he definitely did
full vector
If I interviewed on Wednesday when should I hear back
I feel like this is a rejection coming
covert crown
do they reject quickly usually or naw
meager venture
If I interviewed on Wednesday when should I hear back
Next Monday if offer
radiant cloud
Did my interview Tuesday, still nothing on portal 😦
meager venture
Did my interview Tuesday, still nothing on portal 😦
Yea check next Monday
Most of u probably will get portal change on Monday night
pure ermine
Is it really necessary to prep multiple stories per LP? Or can you have a good 6-7 stories that are flexible that cover multiple LPs?
naive grove
Is it really necessary to prep multiple stories per LP? Or can you have a good 6...
yeah 6-7 flexible is definitely enough
naive grove
Next Monday if offer
would i hear back monday as well if i did final today
spring eagle
its kinda rng on how fast they reject
there were like 2 ppl in the server that took a week to reject
tiny bramble
Did my interview Tuesday, still nothing on portal 😦
did my interview last tuesday, got rejected last friday afternoon
you (may) be fine
spring eagle
@naive grove to be fair, even if we told you that since u didnt get instantly rejected you got the offer, would you feel comfortable until u got portal change / offer in hand?
naive grove
<@456226577798135808> to be fair, even if we told you that since u didnt get ins...
nah i wouldn't, but that's exactly what i mean
i'm nervous about if I'll get the portal change
pure ermine
So if I answered OA2 like I’ll always stay late to finish, always jump into help co-workers, kiss the customers’ boo-boos, always focus on the better long-term scaling options was that good enough?
covert crown
ayo anyone that did amazon interview, did you converse during the coding portion with your interviewer?
naive grove
ayo anyone that did amazon interview, did you converse during the coding portion...
how did it go dawg
covert crown
how did it go dawg
he said wow a lot during my behavioural so I'm guessing thats a good thing. during the coding portion, I asked some clarification and he gave me like hints sort of like coversing along the way. I identifed like the dfs right out the gate and he said the solution was good at the end
so idk bro, Ilike i got it but that question was mega fucked lmao
grand nebula
What type of questions are people getting for the final? Tree/string/array/graph?
covert crown
the man made the question himself up
muted sinew
ayo anyone that did amazon interview, did you converse during the coding portion...
Yea I mostly had a conversation detailing what I was doing and he would ask like what's the result after this function call
So it was mostly me talking but sometimes he would jump in if I focused and stopped fully explaining
The optimization part was definitely a back and forth convo though
Because I didn't recognize it so he kinda led me to the optimized solution
Even though it didn't change the overall time complexity from my original solution 
I mean it was definitely more optimal it just stayed O(nlog(n)) overall
naive grove
did you get the offer @muted sinew
muted sinew
did you get the offer <@!356129727087640577>
Yea, yesterday!
naive grove
Nice, congrats!
naive grove
Pretty quick turnaround damn
i hope my decision comes back that fast
lol i did mine today
muted sinew
Yea, I heard a lot of people get portal change on Monday
covert crown
I mean it was definitely more optimal it just stayed O(nlog(n)) overall
Ah shit yeah thats like how mine went
I identified like the dfs right out the gate but he led me along the way whenever i was misding something
So we had like a similar convo but tbh idk if there was any other my guy wanted lmao it was some weird ass graph question he made up
muted sinew
Lmao mine was take a list return a list
Like no real data structures other than dictionary/hash map
forest pine
Like no real data structures other than dictionary/hash map
Mine was reading a log file then convert into dict and perform combination sequence counting stuff and I messed in the syntax with list comp and stuff and no time for optimisation shit and all my interviewer extended the interview so that i can complete the sol and finally he said I like your solution doubtfully 😢😢 he extended for 10 mins
muted sinew
Mine was reading a log file then convert into dict and perform combination seque...
Mine went over time too but like we were chatting for like 5 min at the end
forest pine
oh me too we are chitchatting about amazon work from home his exp and his job role and all
he is a alexa dev
muted sinew
he is a alexa dev
Mine was something I didn't even know amazon did lmao
Amazon pharmacy
forest pine
😁😁cool expecting a offer though do you think I have a chance @muted sinew
sudden heath
Amazon pharmacy
yeah that's a thing. I'm actually sort of interested in that team since I'm a pharmacist...but i'm also leaving that field for a reason lmao
desert kiln
can u code in whatever language you're most comfortable with?
desert kiln
Also if u know the optimal solution to a problem, should u start w brute force and then “pretend” to find the optimal?
pure ermine
yeah that's a thing. I'm actually sort of interested in that team since I'm a ph...
Same actually.
But not interested in Amazon pharmacy.
meager venture
can u code in whatever language you're most comfortable with?
Yes
meager venture
Also if u know the optimal solution to a problem, should u start w brute force a...
You could, what I did was talk about the brute force and it’s time complexity and explain why that’s bad
Then I said the optional solution and the time complexity
naive grove
Yeah they confirm the final interview pretty late, sometimes a few days before the actual final @upbeat violet
took them about a week to confirm mine
forest pine
Took a week for me as well
desert kiln
covert crown
Ayo for the canadian homes
What does the portal change look like when you get the offer
forest pine
I think its the same moved to another job and virtual location ...... something
forest inlet
yea
for canada ppl it should say "Amazon Software Development Engineer Intern - " and then either Toronto or Vancouver
based on which location u picked when u first applied
and it shows up as a new application on ur portal
youll get offer letter a day after
covert crown
aiii gotchu, prayers up then
im tryna score a free trip to van and some fire fuckin bananas
covert crown
yeah thats facts
its thanksgiving in canada too, so i prob wont get my result till like next next week
grand nebula
did they say whether amazon internship was in person for the summer or virtual
meager venture
im going to assume its in person
unless covid gets bad again next year
and if its in person u get the exact location and team 30-60 days before u start
naive grove
is there a time of day on Monday and Wednesdays that the portal changes usually happen?
or is it random
naive grove
Damn i'm so nervous
just been going thru the interview in my head trying to see if I messed up anywhere
covert kayak
Forget about it during the day
fwiw mine changed at like 2 pm est on wednesday
forest pine
Damn i'm so nervous
me too 😂 I tries to recreate the interview and I think i messed up a little but I am on the edge now not able to sleep lol 😂
covert crown
Jesus amazon really got me dreaming bout them
Thinking my portal got changed in my dream smh
paper geyser
Anyone has any idea how many lp questions are we expecting for final round?
forest inlet
np gl
forest pine
If any one ( us folks )see portal change tomorrow please let me know or here is fine👍
lofty light
amazon final round scheduled for thursday
oh fuck
plan: make sure I have a few stories to tell that cover the majority of the LPs with the STAR method, practice the amazon top 50 on leetcode and otherwise brush up on how to code basic DSA
thoughts on this? advice? anything appreciated I think I'm gonna die
forest pine
plan: make sure I have a few stories to tell that cover the majority of the LPs ...
seems good ntg much confidence and medium lc you are through
lofty light
what's ntg
forest pine
ntg more required 😂
lofty light
"need to go"?
forest pine
"need to go"?
dm bro
forest inlet
<@!506966352418963456>
Behavioural questions revolving around the 16 Amazon leadership principles
open imp
u mean the banana
id say study all except dp, but i got asked a dp easy during my final
its rng
hope u get lucky
someone got asked median of two sorted arrays
i still cant solve that and ive done over 140 lc
wrong problem
i think..
u gotta partition the arrays
its okay lol
gl!
desert kiln
forest inlet
obtuse mountain
Still no update
obtuse mountain
Got an update rejected
When was interview bro
forest pine
thrusday
obtuse mountain
forest inlet
todays canadian thanksgiving and in some states, columbus day
and indigenous ppls day
so maybe portal updates coming tomorrow or wednesday
grand nebula
has anyone got graph problems for their final?
forest inlet
has anyone got graph problems for their final?
yea
radiant cloud
Still no update<:thonk:817833892571775027>
when was ur interview
obtuse mountain
when was ur interview
Last wed
naive grove
Y'all are probably good, I think you would've been rejected by now otherwise
radiant cloud
ye uncertainty sucks
obtuse mountain
Like last night I had a dream about my crush in middle school kissing me, and I'm seriously taking it as a good sign
radiant cloud
if u are in U.S i think it should update today?
forest inlet
no they have indigenous day in some states
radiant cloud
ohh
forest inlet
and columbus day *
naive grove
got the L in my inbox this morning
@obtuse mountain rest easy, you probably have offer coming
naive grove
it's all good, back to square 1 i guess
obtuse mountain
obtuse mountain
Same nervous af
split isle
this is the only company i've gotten this far with so far
really hoping i can get it so i can then take it or speed up process with other companies
forest inlet
I did final rounds for two companies and 0 offer yet
roblox incoming
forest inlet
we'll see homie
forest inlet
thanks homie
split isle
Nah I did just so so
how long was the time between completing OA+cognitive and getting to the next step?
cuz i did that for roblox like a week ago
obtuse mountain
how long was the time between completing OA+cognitive and getting to the next st...
For me it was about a week I think
Let me check
No in fact I did the cognitive on Friday and received the survey the next Tuesday
split isle
it's about time for them to hmu 👉 ⌚
obtuse mountain
Sry bro I didn't get that I'm not a native speaker so I don't know lots of abbreviations
forest inlet
what was ur codesignal score Mr. Steal your offer?
obtuse mountain
Nah
Thought I was goat but according to codesignal's report, last year 60 ppl got 850
forest inlet
who cares bro 840+ ain't a joke
split isle
Sry bro I didn't get that I'm not a native speaker so I don't know lots of abbre...
ah, it's about time for them to respond to me
obtuse mountain
obtuse mountain
I was just lucky
Like eziest 3rd and 4th questions in my three codesignal attempts
split isle
i took mine for roblox and samsara which neither required proctoring so i didn't do it (stupid because I almost did just in case), and the next day I got an email back from databricks about a proctored codesignal
obtuse mountain
split isle
did it last week, so now i gotta wait 1 more week to do that codesignal lmao
obtuse mountain
Yeah it was also databricks who required the proctoring
I emailed codesignal support so they let me do it
You can also do that
obtuse mountain
did it last week, so now i gotta wait 1 more week to do that codesignal lmao
Just tell them that, the ppl were nice
split isle
true, but I may want to take it again and try to get higher
obtuse mountain
Yes they let me took the gca again
split isle
but also if amazon gives me my offer ( ) then i don't have a lot of time to mess around getting a bit better
obtuse mountain
Yep that makes sense too bro
If Amazon gave me an offer I might still try my luck with tech companies but def not the trading comp
split isle
yeah trading companies i'm not good enough for yet
i procrastinated leetcode for too long, and i was able to grind my way through blind 75 to do well on the amazon technical
obtuse mountain
I mean I don't want to sacrifice my future for a little bit higher tc
Heard that trading comps got ancient tech stacks and bad wlb
split isle
that's fair
when people say they don't want to work for a trading company it always is valid reasons, but a lot of people will only care about the $$$
obtuse mountain
If it is just for the $$$ why don't grind harder and get into a startup then make it unicorn
Then IPO and boom
Financial freedom
split isle
so true
obtuse mountain
I mean trading comp offer high tc but is it gonna be a lot higher than techs?
split isle
i just heard back from qumulo this morning so hopefully i can do that and it keeps growing
obtuse mountain
Like significantly higher that makes u willing to sacrifice all other factors
obtuse mountain
no update
split isle
same, was this a good time to check or something?
obtuse mountain
full vector
Just can't stop myself from logging into Amazon portal
When was ur interview
split isle
midterm grades just came out too but i haven't gotten mine yet, so now i'm nervously refreshing 2 tabs today lol
open imp
anyone else get the interview survey email?
obtuse mountain
I just got it in my spam folder
Freaked me out
It is said that the survey is sent to all who interviewed
naive grove
nah, sent to all who have yet to be rejected
obtuse mountain
nah, sent to all who have yet to be rejected
You got it or not bro
naive grove
Negative
obtuse mountain
But I won't assume anything for now
Won't be too sad if it turns out I'm rejected
covert crown
nah, sent to all who have yet to be rejected
Is this confirmed or naw lol
naive grove
confirmed for n = 1 lol
obtuse mountain
Ppl any moved to another job or offer update today?
Am thinking it could just be my interviewer submitted my feedback late
Am being pessimistic
split isle
i have not received a survey
radiant cloud
are u pending?
split isle
ye
radiant cloud
check spam maybe
radiant cloud
think we might need some more confirmation 
i also did not fill the survey out after interview is done
like after the OA theres a survey right
obtuse mountain
like after the OA theres a survey right
I don't remember if I filled that out
radiant cloud
ye holiday in lots of places
obtuse mountain
radiant cloud
full vector
confirmed for n = 1 lol
What does this mean I’m confused
If we got the survey it’s a rejection?
obtuse mountain
I think bro meant that the only data point he had was himself
covert crown
On god amazon rly got all the mans on the hook
split isle
i mean i didn't get a survey either but i'm also waiting on a response like y'all
checked recently too
obtuse mountain
When do Amazon ppl come off work everyday
I mean Amazon hq is Seattle and it's only 4 pm there
Still a chance we get an update today
static gate
Mine updated around 8 pm cst when I got it a couple weeks ago
obtuse mountain
Good news for us still waiting for an update
At the same time makes me worry about Amazon wlb
Wait bro I saw an update
Check portal guys
radiant cloud
bro
it added an 'application submitted' for one area
and other area still 'under review'
naive grove
amazon == 🇪🇸
radiant cloud
how did it go from one application to two
obtuse mountain
From what I know that basically means an offer
radiant cloud
nah people say its an offer when i says 'virtual location' right
i have two applications rn in my portal, and it says i applied today lol
radiant cloud
if it says 'virtual location' i think u got it
covert crown
It changed from like summer 2022 canada
To vancouver 2022
And it showed up as another app
split isle
this good right?
covert crown
Everyones been saying portal change means offer
split isle
for our fallen soldiers
split isle
and 
FOR US
split isle
it did by creating a new UI thing
obtuse mountain
We did it guys!!!!
radiant cloud
obtuse mountain
Oooooooooooh
radiant cloud
man im hyped
obtuse mountain
forest inlet
congrats boys
obtuse mountain
same
forest inlet
ok i wont believe until i get offer letter
It's 99 percent offer
radiant cloud
idk
forest inlet
And yes offer letter tmrww
radiant cloud
obtuse mountain
Is it possible to ask them change my location
Don't know how they put me in Seattle
Pretty sure I picked sf or the bay area as 1st choice because fam is in San jose
naive grove
congrats fellas 💯
grand nebula
forest inlet
yo anyone get this email just now: Intern Offer Decision Process Info Session
obtuse mountain
yo anyone get this email just now: Intern Offer Decision Process Info Session
I didn't bc my offer letter has not arrived yet
covert crown
yo anyone get this email just now: Intern Offer Decision Process Info Session
Is this to let you switch sessions or naw
kindred quiver
i think you get it if you havent accepted your offer yet? i havent accepted mine so im guessing thats why
muted sinew
yo anyone get this email just now: Intern Offer Decision Process Info Session
Yea I got this
Haven't accepted yet
Prob accepting later this week tbh
forest inlet
i think you get it if you havent accepted your offer yet? i havent accepted mine...
yeah this makes sense
obtuse mountain
I guess grind the lps bc they really emphasize that?
hearty sable
what about the technical aspect of the interview?
is lc enough or should I go over systems design or something
hearty sable
follow up?
radiant cloud
LPs + Blind 75 + Amazon tagged if you have time
hearty sable
no questions like "design a ____ service" or anything?
radiant cloud
i think theres a small chance for design questions
radiant cloud
best of luck
hearty sable
🙏
grand nebula
i think theres a small chance for design questions
for intern?
radiant cloud
ye
grand nebula
waaat
radiant cloud
i'm not completely sure thats what i heard
desert kiln
✋ 😅
covert crown
ya search up Locker Design
Lmao whoever got this got done so dirty
timber helm
😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
obtuse mountain
covert crown
💀
timber helm
did not get the offer if any of u were wondering
vocal snow
Congrats!
obtuse mountain
Wtf
I recall there is a place in the application that asks you if you would consider the winter opportunity
I chose no
Do you remember what u chose?
split isle
well ya got 2 options: a 2nd internship in the summer (big baller move) or school during the summer
lmao
covert crown
idk I appleid for the summer
covert crown
<@663994181261459457> what do u plan to do
i emailed them asking if I could switch
if I cant then whatever, I've got an internship for the winter already so I'll ask if they can defer that opportunity
obtuse mountain
covert crown
wha lol
bitter agate
wait what happens if the end date overlaps with school? (e.g. ends on Sep 16 but next school year starts Sep 5?)
do ya'll know if can we contact them to move it further up?
radiant cloud
Are you guys starting on June 27 🧐
bitter agate
nice nice yeah i'll ask them, and yes also june 27th start date!
obtuse mountain
My school hasn't posted calendar for next fall lmao
forest inlet
nah i just got summer
dim geode
if u email them u can get 16 weeks
I asked for Jun 13 - Sept 30th in an email and they did it
split isle
wait what happens if the end date overlaps with school? (e.g. ends on Sep 16 but...
they send out a form later to fix it for your availability
covert crown
yo do you guys think that emailign saying I've got a winter internship already is diss
and saying that I'd love to gain more experience from both opportunities
meager venture
which company are u asking to push to summer
covert crown
amazon lol
obtuse mountain
Wait guys
Somebody said the virtual location means I work remotely?
I'm not sure
Like one guy said that the location on his portal does not say "virtual"
meager venture
Like one guy said that the location on his portal does not say "virtual"
on the offer letter it says that you get the exact location 30-60days before u begin
obtuse mountain
obtuse mountain
I was asked a tree problem but I've heard it's pure RNG
paper geyser
Should I expect they ask LP question in the same principle?
I only prepared like one storie for most principle
meager venture
I only prepared like one storie for most principle
try to prepared 2 for each
some story could apply to multiple lp
paper geyser
some story could apply to multiple lp
Got it tyty
meager venture
my friend had final today
desert kiln
desert kiln
yo uh
what does it mean when your portal updates to virtual location - wash/wash?
bc i had final this monday...
meager venture
what does it mean when your portal updates to virtual location - wash/wash?
u got the offer
congrats
desert kiln
in 3 days?
meager venture
yea thats possible
desert kiln
nani?
meager venture
it says move to another job on the bottom right?
desert kiln
yeah
desert kiln
meager venture
🍌
desert kiln
thank you for showing me the way of the
meager venture
all u g
meager venture
split isle
@desert kiln good shit homie, congrats
lofty light
got my final in a few hours, last minute advice?
haven't done much LC myself, week was pretty rough
I have behavioral down pretty good though, will review that a couple times and then practice some amazon qs ig?
plus dfs/bfs/sorting algos
jade oar
got my final in a few hours, last minute advice?
always speak first when do coding
i told the interviewer my thinking process but didnt finish the code, still got the offer
lofty light
did you get the optimal solution?
obtuse mountain
@desert kiln congrats!
lofty light
I'm worried about that more than anything
jade oar
yeah it was a little weird tho
lofty light
ugh
obtuse mountain
Also maybe go over the lps?
jade oar
He asked me to optimize by caching the calculated value
I thought about optimizing big O
But I still got it. Communication is the key. I would not have been if did not ask him to clarify
lofty light
lmao I just finished caching in my systems class
and by just finished I mean
I submitted it less than 12 hours ago
lofty light
Also maybe go over the lps?
yeah that's part of my behavioral prep
jade oar
I submitted it less than 12 hours ago
+1 skill point
obtuse mountain
GL
lofty light
+1 skill point
I don't know a damn thing tho lol
so here's what I've been thinking
I'm trying to ball out on the behaviorals and then get at least the brute force solution for the coding questions, while also telling them lots of thoughts about my thinking process and that I know it's bruteforce and whatnot
for the coding I should take a few minutes to first think through the problem, asking them qs, write it out as necessary and give them an algo before I start writing, right? or should I jump into the brute force first
jade oar
for the coding I should take a few minutes to first think through the problem, a...
dont directly jump into it
also ask for corner cases
lofty light
ok so it's better to think it through and give them an algo, even if it's brute force, and then start writing
jade oar
yep
sometimes they dont even ask for an optimal sol and toss u another q instead
just clarify everything first and do your best
lofty light
oh boy thank fuck
I am legit so terrified lol
I don't have a great track record of getting optimal sols
jade oar
it’s normal to panic
just have a nap and get a cup of coffee, stretch urself, get on a suit
u’ll get it
lofty light
appreciate that bro
lofty light
yeah that's my takeaway from this: take a few minutes to think of something, even if it's brute force, making sure to ask questions and telling the interviewer what your algo is, and then you can code it up and hope to find optimality in there
behavioral is def more imp tho from what I heard so hopefully it works out lol
grand nebula
I have my interview today. I studied leetcode but how do i prepare for the behavorial part?
obtuse mountain
You should expect to hear back in 5 business days
In fact since you interviewed today I think the result will come out on next monday
for you
spring eagle
how obviousi were the edge cases?
grand nebula
should you say why you applied to the company/role in your "Tell me about yourself?"?
desert kiln
I just talked about my work experience briefly
split isle
i wasn’t asked either
obtuse mountain
I was gonna show him my Bezos obsession
split isle
but i give a brief overview of my experience in cs from choosing it as my major to experiences like my internship
grand nebula
I was able to solve two problems in my interview
letss gooo
but i fucked up time complexity
grand nebula
Everyones been saying portal change means offer
wdym by portal change. what did it change to?
how long did it take to hear back from after interview?
covert crown
wdym by portal change. what did it change to?
for me it was like two apps
then it showed up as one with the location of the place I'll be working
grand nebula
then it showed up as one with the location of the place I'll be working
And like how long after your interview was this?
covert crown
And like how long after your interview was this?
I did my interview friday, then got the portal update the monday
but I was the last one of the day so idk if that affected anything
grand nebula
but I was the last one of the day so idk if that affected anything
Last interview on friday u mean? Or last on monday to get the portal change
covert crown
Last interview on friday u mean? Or last on monday to get the portal change
yeah last interview on friday
obtuse mountain
Last interview on friday u mean? Or last on monday to get the portal change
Since u interviewed Thursday you should see ur result on next Monday I think
meager venture
should you say why you applied to the company/role in your "Tell me about yourse...
i told him that i immigrant few years ago so English is my second language for that pity points
other than that just a brief introduction on how i got into cs
grand nebula
lol nice, i never even got asked why amazon or tell me about yourself
static gate
I j got the email asking if I wanna move summer offer to winter 
anyone else get this?
split isle
no but that’s prolly cuz you checked you’d be willing to do winter on your app
cuz that was a question
static gate
hmm ok, one of my friends also got it so thats prob it
obtuse mountain
Wait, I heard that the "virtual location" on my portal means that the internship is gonna be remote?
Can somebody tell me if it is right or wrong
I'm confused
meager venture
Wait, I heard that the "virtual location" on my portal means that the internship...
in the offer they said the exact location and team will be given 30-60 days before u start
so ima assume if Covid dies down then they will be in person
if not its gonna be remote
cuz i want that relo lol
grand nebula
wear ur masks and get ur shots 😷
hoary tree
Hi guys,
I received my OA1 yesterday so I have 3 days to prepare for it. Any suggestions?
Starting the daily prayer as well
desert kiln
my friend. you secured your internship already just by starting to
no need to do anything else but
hoary tree
Haha, I'm gonna do that every hour if it's sure to work 😂
desert kiln
but prep lcs. that's literally it for oa1
desert kiln
Haha, I'm gonna do that every hour if it's sure to work 😂
i did it every day
hoary tree
Any specific questions which are commonly seen this time? Or any sort of trend?
desert kiln
i think bezos is a lurker in this thread and he saw the
prob blind 75 and amz tagged
no pattern really, just rng
desert kiln
spoiler alert im actually bezos
hoary tree
Hire me plis 🌚
hoary tree
Will share after the offer letter
forest inlet
hi, i have a question
whats the latest offer deadline yall have rn
like the ppl who got offer this week
desert kiln
End of the First week of Nov
forest inlet
ah okok thank u
lofty light
I applied to audible like a month ago and I just checked the portal and say I had a virtual location for that? does that mean I got a job or smth lmao
grand nebula
Thats what people been saying
paper geyser
hoary tree
desert kiln
grand nebula
lofty light
Thats what people been saying
no but this is for audible, and I haven't done any interviews or anything lol
for amazon portal still says under review but I only had my final yesterday
paper geyser
Wait legit
U just interviewed yesterday right?
No way
Now I’m scared
I had the same feeling today
Just today
Pretty rng
obtuse mountain
quaint acorn
Sorry man, don't worry tho, Amazon's work life balance fucking sucks anyways
Yup keep your head up and keep grinding. You got this
forest inlet
Sorry man, don't worry tho, Amazon's work life balance fucking sucks anyways
ayoo i understand the copium :/ but completely team related at the end of the day
obtuse mountain
trim summit
anyone got any tips for preparing for the final?
just grind through the !problems amazon in order of most done?
obtuse mountain
Also prepare some stories for the bq part
trim summit
bq?
obtuse mountain
Behavioral question
Heard that Amazon take it more seriously than other companies
meager venture
hoary tree
For OA1, should I do the hard questions in Amazon tagged?
trim summit
i found the OA1 questions really easy
but that might have been my experience
any resources for prepping behavioural questions for amazon?
hoary tree
cool
There are Amazon leadership principles on their website ig
you should prepare from those
desert kiln
any resources for prepping behavioural questions for amazon?
hit as many lps as you can. they look for those
split isle
don’t explicitly name drop them, but make it easy for them to identify 1+ in both your stories you share
obtuse mountain
Usually interviewer asks two questions
So yeah 2 stories
2-3 questions actually
desert kiln
i think it depends. i think they're supposed to ask 3 stories but if you don't have time or if you hit enough lp's then they stop at 2.
my interviewer was about to ask me a 3rd question when she saw the time (15 mins already) and said that i hit enough data points and we should spend more time coding and we moved on
split isle
lol i did the problem and we spent a lot of time of going over test cases that already passed so he only had time for 2 Q’s and I only had time to ask him 1 question
trim summit
also, how did you guys prep for the locker design problem?
that one seems wild
i'm just praying I don't get it
timber pumice
Guys did anybody get rejected after 30min final interview for new grads?
desert kiln
also, how did you guys prep for the locker design problem?
literally rng. it could be a hard/easy variation. prob study diff datastructures
obtuse mountain
Oh I did coding first, took 15min
Then the lp part
But we only spent 15 min on lp either
Like we still had 15 mi left so I asked whatever I wanted to ask the interviewer lmao
trim summit
literally rng. it could be a hard/easy variation. prob study diff datastructures
oh i see
thanks!
sounds like it's very... unique
trim summit
https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leadership-principles.html
Thanks!
regal sierra
what are the behavior questions like
meager venture
The typical “tell me a time where you …”
regal sierra
and basically you should try to include as many LP in that as possible?
obtuse mountain
Include 1 or 2?
Or more if you have a really good story
Idk I'm not good at behavioral questions
trim summit
how does the behavioural question sorta work?
they ask, and then they ask on certain aspects of the story for you to expand on?
desert kiln
maybe
but try not to? you prob want to explain w STAR method, so you'd basically tell a story from start to finish. if your interviewer has to ask clarifying questions, then it might be because you didn't hit enough lp's or demonstrate your lp's clearly
basically, try to pad your stories
trim summit
Makes sense
trim summit
thanks!
spring eagle
Sorry man, don't worry tho, Amazon's work life balance fucking sucks anyways
lol why would you say this when u were simping for amazon a few weeks ago
kinda cringe
grand nebula
what are the behavior questions like
They literally asked me “tell me when you embodied (leadership principle)”
Or did (leadership principle)
hoary tree
I gave OA1 today, passed all test cases for 1st one and 5/9 for 2nd
Should I expect to proceed to the next round?
desert kiln
yeah you got good chances
ppl have passed without getting all test cases
just have to do really well on oa2, and i'd recommend u take it asap so your final invite will come earlier
forest inlet
I gave OA1 today, passed all test cases for 1st one and 5/9 for 2nd
Should I ex...
thats good enough dw
as long as u solve one of the 2 perfectly, and get test cases for the 2nd, youll get oa2
hoary tree
The first one was literally 3 lines of code so I was wondering if its useful enough or not 😂
But it's a relief knowing this, thank you! 😊
trim summit
also, just checking - is the leetcode bot specifically for amazon internship final round or is it like for any amazon q?
grand nebula
Around what time did the portal change for those that got the offer?
grand nebula
as long as u solve one of the 2 perfectly, and get test cases for the 2nd, youll...
I got half on both and got oa 2
forest inlet
damn lol wild
grand nebula
I think i did rlly good on oa 2 tho
trim summit
Cuz final it’s rlly random
oh final is random?
dang
just go through the leetcode tagged q's then?
pure ermine
How long is it for a response after OA1 + OA2?
grand nebula
for me it was like two apps
around what time did this happen?
covert crown
around what time did this happen?
Like the monday after, following the friday i did my interview
Its been pretty random for everyone tho
grand nebula
Like the monday after, following the friday i did my interview
like what time tho
covert crown
like what time tho
idk lmao
grand nebula
dang its all good, im just kinda nervous
paper geyser
grand nebula
trim summit
frigid juniper
Did anyone
get the
"still under consideration" email from amazon
I applied like 2 months ago with a referral
obtuse mountain
I think in August
frigid juniper
with a referral too?
spring eagle
with a referral too?
ref doesn't mean much for amazon
trim summit
grand nebula
desert kiln
grand nebula
anyone else frantically checking their portal every few hours?
Yes
grand nebula
Please daddy bezos
lofty light
lmao if I can make it to wednesday I am not rejected in this early round ig
I'm so scared
meager venture
when did u do ur interview