Amazon Process

[teal osprey]

So we might receive it in the evening?

[steep lion]

possibly but maybe tmrrw morning most likely

from what I've heard

portal change is in the evening and offer is the next morning

btw what year are you guys in?

[ashen stump]

junior

[teal osprey]

sophomore (rising junior)

[teal osprey]

And you?

[steep lion]

sophomore as well

: D

[meager venture]

aye yo

[teal osprey]

Awesome! Congrats

Did your portal change today?

[meager venture]

nah i accepted the offer like 2 months ago

[teal osprey]

Is your position in Seattle?

[meager venture]

nyc

[teal osprey]

Oh okay

According to levels, it is $58.00 / hr in NYC

Is that accurate?

[meager venture]

9.35K per month

[teal osprey]

It was? Or it bacame?

[meager venture]

not including the relo benefit which is another like 2.5K

it was

so i assume they increasing on top of that

[steep lion]

dang bro gotta love that package

[teal osprey]

I think they will increase it to this then

[steep lion]

I had a question btw. is it easy to relocate at later years if I continue to intern at amazon? or am I bound to the first location?

either way id be super happy so idc

but curious

[ashen stump]

is the location mentioned next to virtual the location that will be on my offer?

[meager venture]

thats crazy, almost 13k a month for intern

[teal osprey]

idk sorry

[steep lion]

still feels surreal

[teal osprey]

I think so.

[teal osprey]

Not until we get the email tomorrow

[steep lion]

imma have to see the official letter to believe it lol.

[teal osprey]

Same lol

[meager venture]

I think someone ask to relo and it works

[naive wharf]

congrats lads

[meager venture]

but i guess you need to email them and ask

[steep lion]

oh cool imma do some searching in the server then

[naive wharf]

got my final tomorrorw rip

[steep lion]

yoo good luck G

you got this

[meager venture]

gl brother

[teal osprey]

Good luck!!

[obtuse mountain]

Which address should I send email to if I want to change my location

Seattle is nice but fam is in bay area

[steep lion]

ig the recruiter

although I never talked with mine

his email is 3 months old lmao

do I just go hey I need a location change 😆

after the acceptance ofc (if that happens...)

[obtuse mountain]

Idk I will try

Seattle is nice but wanna stay with fam

[steep lion]

bay area seems also very nice

and fam >>>> anywhere else

[obtuse mountain]

In terms of tax Seattle is absolutely better

[steep lion]

true

they have no income tax or sth?

or very low idk

[obtuse mountain]

No state tax?

I think

[steep lion]

state srry

I'm international kek

not very informed in taxes

[obtuse mountain]

[tropic meadow]

yep no income tax. just high as fuck sales and vehicle taxes

[obtuse mountain]

[tropic meadow]

its rough being a college student and a $15 bottle of vodka is like $25 lmaoo

[obtuse mountain]

[teal osprey]

Anyone heard anything?

[stoic narwhal]

damn I got fuckin rolled

that interview was brutal

[meager venture]

rip

[stoic narwhal]

we went like 17 minutes past the 45 minute timeslot, idk if that is good or bad

[obtuse mountain]

[stoic narwhal]

real no thoughts head empty moment

[obtuse mountain]

Which part took so long

Lc?

[stoic narwhal]

yeah 😭

I was pretty slow

and generally inarticulate

[obtuse mountain]

[stoic narwhal]

was good to get interview exposure though

[teal osprey]

It might mean that the interviewer enjoyed the conversation

I don't see why it should be negative

[stoic narwhal]

yeah true

no use worrying about it rn

I'll get my result within 5 business days

idk what counts as business days this week though haha

[teal osprey]

True

[ashen stump]

i went and it wasnt bad

and i still got offer

[teal osprey]

I'm still waiting for an email... Did anyone receive any email/offer today?

I thought we were supposed to get something in the morning

[ashen stump]

offer letters i heard come within 24 hours after portal update

[teal osprey]

It's been more than 15hours

People said that letter comes in the morning

I just don't want to wait till next week

That's my only concern

[naive wharf]

did your portal update?

[teal osprey]

Yes yesterday at 7pm

[naive wharf]

well then there's nothing much to worry bout then

[naive wharf]

just finished mine as well mate, best of luck 🙂

[teal osprey]

How did you eo

Do

[ashen stump]

at the very latest we're getting it today i hope

i heard in general offer letter comes one day after portal update

[naive wharf]

i finished the base question, given the time constraints i could only give like a half ass psuedo code for the bonus

[teal osprey]

Nice!!

How was the interviewer?

[stoic narwhal]

Thanks!

[naive wharf]

Great guy, very well spoken

[teal osprey]

Awesome

[stoic narwhal]

Bonus question? 😳

[teal osprey]

Probably that means the follow-up question

[naive wharf]

dw bout it

[blazing laurel]

oh damn

[deep dock]

does amazon typically give lc hards lol

[stoic narwhal]

Amazon typically rejects within 48 hours right?

[broken ocean]

i cant log into my amazon university account kekw

i requested to reset password and no email

oh nvm website was just being cringe

[vast parcel]

Anyone did OA 2 on or before 10/28 still waiting for final?

They also asked me to upload picture with student ID if that matters

[deep dock]

When

[broken ocean]

this a kekw

[vast parcel]

11/16

[blazing laurel]

did OA2 11/13, sent picture on 11/17

[steep lion]

I heard it's very random but most likely within 24 hrs

like I've seen some get it same time as they got the portal update but next day

so about 24 hrs

idk tho I'm lost too

hoping to get it soon

[stoic narwhal]

So when should I check for portal updates after final interview? Only on M, W, F?

[forest inlet]

monday wednesday

[steep lion]

@forest inlet can you remember what time did you get the email?

[forest inlet]

sure lemme check

4:02 pm the day after portal change

[steep lion]

thanks sir

2 more hrs for me then

[stoic narwhal]

How long after final interview for Amazon portal change (react below)?
1️⃣: 1-3 days
2️⃣ 4-7 days
3️⃣ 8 - 14 days
4️⃣ 15+ days

[forest inlet]

interview monday and maybe tuesday, youll probably get the change wednesday
interview wed - fri (and maybe tuesday), youll get the change the following monday

[ashen stump]

i got the offer letter boiz

[steep lion]

damn nice!

still nothing for me

I got the offer lesgooo

[stoic narwhal]

Thanks for the info

[split isle]

if you get return offer then you can request a location change and/or a team change

anyone know the greater seattle area pay increase yet?

[obtuse mountain]

Some said it will be $9100 per month but idk if that is true

[ashen stump]

Seattle increased to 9138/mo

[split isle]

lfg

[steep lion]

same here

they increased that shiet

[teal osprey]

Got the email 1h ago!!

Did y'all get it?

[steep lion]

yep

congrats yall!

[teal osprey]

👏👏👏

[steep lion]

grind is over

[teal osprey]

And what's up with the pay?

For Seattle

Will they increase it?

[naive wharf]

57usd/hr???

jesus

[steep lion]

yes

[ashen stump]

Yep

[muted echo]

What was your previous monthly salary for Seattle?

[ashen stump]

I got offer letter after the announcement

But ik before it was around 8500

[muted echo]

Oh word. I accepted back in July for Seattle and my comp is $8,500, but I haven't gotten my updated comp yet

[upbeat meteor]

Congrats on the offer guys!! Here is the discord server if you haven't joined already https://discord.gg/DrUDDfHx

[teal osprey]

Thanks @upbeat meteor !!

[spring eagle]

divad based

[upbeat meteor]

Please follow the convention:
!process Company Apply|Reject|OA|Phone|Final|Offer

[obtuse mountain]

[naive wharf]

uhm

my portal updated

says "moved to another job"

[upbeat meteor]

Congrats!!! 🎉🎉

[naive wharf]

doesn't portal only update on mon and wed tho???

[upbeat meteor]

Lol it's not a set rule, maybe the recruiter changed their working hours

[deep dock]

When did u have your interview

It's possible they updated today before Thanksgiving

[naive wharf]

I did my interview this morning lol

[stoic narwhal]

congrats bro

im trying to hold onto hope that I can eek out a dub, but that interview wasn't my best work haha

[dull fiber]

does anyone know if amazon is still off-seasoning for anyone who just got the offer?

[spring eagle]

^ wanna know dis too

[stoic narwhal]

If someone gets a portal update today and would kindly ping me, I’d appreciate it!

[ashen stump]

is amazon nyc area filled up?

[ashen stump]

nah. strict summer 2022 start date

[dull fiber]

yikes

cancelling that interview then

[spring eagle]

youve tried to switch seasons?

[ashen stump]

nah thats mentioned in faq attached to offer

cant defer nor bring it back early

im fine with summer

[deep dock]

Haven't a bunch of people switched to winter

[ashen stump]

i am not sure

[stoic narwhal]

No portal update today 😭

[coral tusk]

Hey anyone else having an issue viewing the offer letter or FAQ?
Im getting an error everytime I try to open it

[ashen stump]

Nah I didn't get any issue

[tidal crane]

Can v negotiate the compensation?

[steep lion]

I've heard it's fixed

[ashen stump]

yeah its fixed for internship and ng

[teal osprey]

No

[spring eagle]

amazon has mentality -> if ur willing to negotiate just take that offer

[teal osprey]

What do you mean?

[rustic bolt]

Does anyone know what it means if ur portal says "under review" after finishing both OAs? I finished the second OA maybe two weeks ago and hadn't heard anything yet, and now the portal says this so not sure - I thought it only changed after the interview if u get one

[deep dock]

It changes to under review and then you would get an interview invite

[naive wharf]

Under review is normal. Now, you're waiting for an email from them that contains an invitation for a technical interview

It's all random tho, some people get it in a few days, some after a few weeks

[rustic bolt]

yeah its already been like week and a half, 2 weeks I think

yeah

october 23rd wbu

[stoic narwhal]

no portal update yet 😭

[teal osprey]

Anyone got offer last week and received a survey? I haven't received anything yet. @steep lion @ashen stump

[steep lion]

I received one of those surveys that ask about the interview experience. Haven't filled it out yet but didn't seem related to the offer @teal osprey

I believe everyone gets it no matter the result

[teal osprey]

Oh okay I think I received the interview experience survey a few weeks ago.

[ashen stump]

I don't rmb getting one but the survey that's important is the onboarding survey that ur supposed to get after signing the offer

[blazing laurel]

How hard is the final round for amzn, 1 LC hard?

Scared asf, I haven't booked it yet but they confirmed me to final round at least

[ashen stump]

its rng

ive heard ppl got harder ones, some got easier ones

[blazing laurel]

Do you know if they just rip off LC-tagged questions like FB, or do they pick different ones (hackerrank, idk where else they get questions) Wondering how I should spend my time prepping (already ok w/ behaviourals)

[ashen stump]

im not sure if they bring in non-lc questions but tagged questions should def help

i can say that i was asked something from list of LC tagged

[grand nebula]

i got leetcode mediums

[deep dock]

I got a hard so it's bit rng

[rich rivet]

My status changed to “moved to another job”

[teal osprey]

Congrats!! What's the location?

[rich rivet]

Wait so does this mean I get an offer?

Washington

[teal osprey]

Yeah!! You'll get the letter soon!

Greater Seattle?

[rich rivet]

Yeah

[teal osprey]

Summer 2022, right?

[rich rivet]

Yes

[teal osprey]

See you there!

[bleak bolt]

my portal updated at 8:30pm est last night, when can i expect the letter?

also do you think i can request another location for new grad

[ashen stump]

i heard there's no guarantee this will work but shoot an email to recruiter to try it out

[ashen stump]

within 24 hours

[bleak bolt]

bet thx

[ashen stump]

congrats btw!

[bleak bolt]

also do you think if i got seattle then i should take it instead of asking for hq2 or nyc or austin?

[bleak bolt]

thank you !

[ashen stump]

seattle and austin have same pay iirc but amazon in general is great i'd say take it

depends on ur situation tho, but if ur flexible with location, i'd say take it

[bleak bolt]

yeah i will anyway, was thinking seattle is best in terms of hq but really far away from family and high col relative to other areas

seattle pay is the base for anywhere in the us, even small towns...

[ashen stump]

yeah i feel, ive heard both success and failure stories regarding changing location but it doesnt hurt to shoot an email

family is a legit reason too, perhaps they might be understanding

[tidal crane]

did anybody here asked for an extension of the deadline to accept/reject offer ?

[teal osprey]

Congrats! Didn't you get the offer yet?

[bleak bolt]

Nope, it’s been 23 hours so far. Apparently it updates at 5pm pst so waiting

[teal osprey]

For me it updated at 1pm pst

Or 2pm pst

But for me it was the Monday Portal Chabge

Not the Wednesday one so IDK

But it's definitely offer that's for sure

[ashen stump]

If there's any extenuating circumstances u should try emailing onboarding team

[obtuse mountain]

Yo I saw in portal that I'm in an aws group

Is that a good thing or bad thing

[steep lion]

how does your portal look @obtuse mountain ?

mine doesn't show the team yet..

[teal osprey]

Same. I think it's still early

[rich rivet]

I got my offer

But it won’t let me view my offer letter

When I click the odf it says page not found

But apparently it’s a common problem

[atomic fox]

Did my final on Wednesday, my portal now says “moved to another job” does that mean I got rejected?

[rich rivet]

It means you got the offer!!! Congrats!

[atomic fox]

can I pm u?

[ashen stump]

When did u accept Amazon offer?

[obtuse mountain]

Around 10.25 I remember

[rustic bolt]

Does anyone have any insight into what the Amazon behavioral questions are like / some stuff to make sure to review

[ashen stump]

just understand the leadership principles by heart

and u'll be solid

[blazing laurel]

so spam customer obsession + overtime?

[rustic bolt]

Is it like they ask you situational stuff and you answer then, or are they asking about your experiences?

[naive wharf]

they'll ask you questions like for example "oh tell me a time where you met with great difficulty, how did you overcome it?"

a good response would usually be a recollection of a past experience with a bunch of lp stuffed into it

[rustic bolt]

Does anyone know what type of environment the technical portion takes place in / what its like?

[naive wharf]

it's an online version of a text editor

no autocomplete / suggestions. it's like typing on a notepad

[jade oar]

a lil bit better than that cuz u get syntax highlighting and monospace font but that’s all

[rich rivet]

that happened to me twice. but it has been different for others

[rustic bolt]

How long after interviewing do you normally have to wait for a portal update? If you interview Monday are you good for Wednesday, and Wednesday for Monday?

[rich rivet]

i interviewwed tuesday and got an update wensday night

i actually am

lol

[tough cypress]

its within 5 days right?

got my interview tmr 💔

[rustic bolt]

per the email yeah, but Ive heard so much online about just mondays & wednesday portal updates who knows

had mine earlier so praying the wednesday thing is real lol, dont wanna be waiting into finals

[rustic bolt]

gl!

[tough cypress]

ty

[broken ocean]

mmm

i applied Aug 5

[rich rivet]

I applied late July and got final interview 2 weeks ago

[obtuse mountain]

It's after interview but you have to be selected for interview first

They could be really slow after you applied

[remote prism]

does anyone know if you can use something like ms paint during tech part of interview? to draw out the problem and explain your thinking process

[remote prism]

thx bro, what does the coding environment look like? not sure what u mean by text part ive never rly done a technical interview before

[spring eagle]

imagine if you opened up

google docs

👍

[meager venture]

I ask if i can draw out the problem on the side with a pen and paper

[vivid oxide]

What would be the best way to prep in 7 days, I have a final interview coming up w/ Amazon, top 50 LC tagged?

[upbeat meteor]

Nope, pretty sure they are independent

[upbeat meteor]

Yeah that's a good idea. 50 is a lot but sure if you have the time. and don't forget to have a bunch of past situations rehearsed for the behavioral half too

And be able to answer follow-up questions about those situations

[tough cypress]

They only asked behaviorals and one tech question on mine

Not even like trivia or ahytning

[tropic meadow]

for anyone who needs to prep behavioral LP stuff all my LP questions asked in my interviews were directly from this list

https://www.levels.fyi/blog/amazon-leadership-principles.html

[blazing laurel]

Thank you 🙏

[foggy tree]

Thanks a lot

[vivid oxide]

https://seanprashad.com/leetcode-patterns/ Does this site help for Amazon prep?

I've done top 20 LC tagged so far, but I heard Amazon's RNG and they pick way more questions than exclusively tagged questions?

[ashen stump]

You should also attempt blind 75 I think

LC tagged for Amazon and blind 75 should be enough

[vivid oxide]

Oh okay, thanks ❤️

[jade oar]

wow this is a megethread

[obtuse mountain]

Gigathread

[vivid oxide]

That’s a great response. I think I know enough about Amazon now, so I wanted to ask a more fun final question. Could I ask, what do you do in your free time, when you’re not working for Amazon? For example, do you play games like Valorant, are you into sports, or are you a foodie?

Would this be a good post-interview question, or...

[teal osprey]

Hmm I wouldn't ask it cause it doesn't give you any info on the company.

[vivid oxide]

My prior question asks more about Amazon, is this one too loose? I kinda have a feeling it is

[teal osprey]

But idk it might be a good question, I'm not an expert

[agile oyster]

you can ask how amazon implement their LPs, how is it rewarded to follow LPs

and if people in amazon actually follow these lps

[flat jungle]

Sorry guys, when does Amazon's portal update? 5pm PST?

[novel willow]

Any words of advice for nailing OA2 for SDE position?

[ashen stump]

are u talking about workstyles?

[novel willow]

Not sure but I already did it lol

[calm cedar]

howd it go?

[novel willow]

Feels like it can go either way, part 1 wasn't too great but I think I did okay on part 2

[vivid moss]

any tips for applying to Propel ...? like what to put in resume , etc . Also , how long to hear back or get an OA after applying online/through referral

[viscid sedge]

has amazon started giving out OA for intern roles?

[rich rivet]

they gave me mine in july

[wanton quiver]

rolling

[strong pumice]

Has anyone got the final interview invite today?

[clear ember]

any advice on how to prep for the final interview in a week? xd

[teal osprey]

Blind75 + LPs

[clear ember]

would you recommend amazon tagged LC's too, or just prioritize blind 75 + lps

[tough cypress]

do a couple tagged

the question I got was off their most asked, but it was also on blind 75

[clear ember]

ahhh okok, thanks for the tips

[hot steeple]

for the 2nd workstyle oa what were the debugging questions like?

[tough cypress]

it gave you ss of code and asked what they did

they also give you code and ask you is it bad, why its bad, how to improve, etc

[hot steeple]

is it any similar to these kinds of questions?

or are these from the oa that doesnt exist anymore

[tough cypress]

you dont actually do any debugging, its just screenshots of code and you get multiple choice

[hot steeple]

ahhh I see

[broken ocean]

Still haven’t heard back for any first round or whatever lmao

[scenic dew]

When Amazon says that they can check browser activity , do they mean history or more like switching between the oa tab and other tabs ?

[covert kayak]

the latter

[split isle]

yo anyone who got an offer within the last week, what is your offer deadline?

i'm curious as to what it is based on other company timelines im interested in

[novel willow]

Any advice on how to do the final interview for Software engineeer intern 1?

[scenic dew]

Does everyone get oa2 , regardless of oa1 performance?

[spring eagle]

unless u 0/10 both questions u should get oa2

[scenic dew]

Does the score in oa1 affect the chances of getting an interview?

I didn’t pass all the cases for both questions, Time limit error

[spring eagle]

did you get oa2

[spring eagle]

im not sure about this, but they can all see your oa results

[scenic dew]

Yes

[scenic dew]

Alright, thank you!!

[scenic dew]

Will they be checking skills in all 4 coding languages ?

for oa2

Are there any theory questions like encapsulation etc

[tough cypress]

nah but I believe amazon uses java so if you see any code itll probably be java

[scenic dew]

Oh it has been awhile since i last used java

are the questions basic syntactical stuff ?

[tough cypress]

some yeah, some give you a chunk of code and you have to analyze what it does/why its bad

theres not a lot of debugging/coding questions on oa2

[scenic dew]

are there any helpful resources for that , or doing lc should be good enough?

[tough cypress]

its not really something you have to prep for if youve been coding for awhile and can understand code

[scenic dew]

ok, thanks a lot!

[stiff nexus]

Can someone ping me later today if their portals update?

[random snow]

the one in the work sim is really easy. You will look at a class with some really simple functions. You can go through them in your head or on paper to see the output.

Anyone know if oa1 or work sim matters more to get the final? I bomed oa1 :((

[ashen stump]

I think they look collectively

[random snow]

Frick... that's unfortunate

[scenic dew]

i bombed mine too 😦

[random snow]

Kill oa2 and you may have a chance!!!!

[scenic dew]

yes , I'm going through the LPs. How long did you wait before giving oa2?

[random snow]

a few days

just went through LP over and over

Lots of questions form the OA all over leetcode discussions, google them

[scenic dew]

thanks for the tip!

[green prawn]

did anyone have their final on Monday?

[stiff nexus]

mfw i dont get a portal update 24 hours after the final

[random snow]

how was the final?

[stiff nexus]

Behavioral all went well and I think I was able to incorporate the LPs well, as for technical it was LC easy but the optimal solution required knowing some bit manip trick that I couldn't come up with on the spot

Optimal was o(n) and constant space, but best I could come up with was o(n) w/ o(n) space, or nlogn with constant space

[random snow]

That sounds nice. LP stuff matters more I think... best of luck!!!!!!

Do ever find out your score on OA2?

I have no clue how the workplace sim is scored

[stiff nexus]

Thanks! I won't be too upset if I don't get it since I have another offer, but it's still making me really anxious checking for updates

nah, I don't think you can find out how you did on OA2

[random snow]

Ya I figured... You got this fam

[stiff nexus]

as long as you spammed stuff like OT and customer oriented you should be fine

[random snow]

I spammed a lot of compromise between teams + customer priority

like two teams nagging they don't have time

and I'm always like why not both???

😅

[stiff nexus]

sounds good to Bezos

expect interview soon

[random snow]

Lord Bezos pls

nah I bombed OA1 so unlikely

No reject yet but meh idk

[stiff nexus]

I've heard people getting finals with like 50% on OA1

[random snow]

Ya me too

[stiff nexus]

i think they care much more about oa2

I'm hoping you get it!

[random snow]

I got less than 50%... I got some spicy LC meds 😦

THanks!!!

How do you know you got the final? What does the dashboard say?

or do you get an email first

[stiff nexus]

you'll get an email to schedule tiems that work for you, and then a followup with the date/time

[random snow]

how long after oa2 did you get the email>

[stiff nexus]

for me it was about 1.5 weeks after oa2 to get the scheduling email, and then jsut over a week later for final

[random snow]

🙏🏼 🙏🏼

Bless you got it in the bag man

[stiff nexus]

you got this, keep us updated!

[random snow]

Will do

[novel willow]

What should I expect for the final interview? How heavy is the programming questions in it?

[clear ember]

^ would also like to know

do they also ask follow up questions to your answers in the behavioural q's part?

[novel willow]

Not sure

[random snow]

coding + behavioral

coding is rng: some get LC easy some get med

behavioral is questions that you have to answer with LP in mind. Best to prepare for all possible these questions.

https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/437082/Amazon-Behavioral-questions-or-Leadership-Principles-or-LP

https://www.scarletink.com/interviewing-at-amazon-leadership-principles/

[slender anchor]

Anyone got the portal update ydy

[green prawn]

they did for me but i'm sure it's a bit diff for everyone

agree w what was said tho, just make sure to incorporate the LPs into your answers

[clear ember]

was it just them asking like 2-3 behavioural and possibly some followup to your answer as well?

for the behavioural section

[slender anchor]

Did u get portal update ydy?

[green prawn]

nope

when did you interview?

[green prawn]

yea

veey standard

[slender anchor]

Tues morning

So nerve-wracking 💀

[stiff nexus]

Same I was interviewed tues morning and keep checking portal

But Ik it probably won’t change til Monday since it didn’t happen yesterday

[slender anchor]

Sameeeeeee

Depression

Just want the interview pain to end and to get an offer from a comp

I have a snap one tmrw but I'm lowk so sick of this sht

[green prawn]

yeaaa I wish it could be come out yesterday 😭😭

[green prawn]

lol agreed

I have Palo Alto in a few hrs

they're much faster at replying maybe they'd even get back to me before amazon :'')

[stiff nexus]

WTF

I got offer!!!

bruh ive been checking portal all day and nothing happened, then I just got an email now with offer LOL

[scenic dew]

wow, nice. for seattle ?

congrats!

[stiff nexus]

Thanks!

And yeah, it says greater seattle area

I'm in the middle of a TFT match LOLOL i'm like freaking out and trying to look at two things at once

[scenic dew]

that sounds very exciting, happy for you

I'm in the process of getting my oa2 done. Though I'm not sure i will get a final, i did real bad on oa1

[random snow]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[random snow]

I'm in the same boat... just kill oa2 and hope for the best man

[stiff nexus]

I'm finally done with everything

it feels nice haha

best of luck to everyone else!

[scenic dew]

🤞

[green prawn]

YO what congrats!! that's amazing

glad you're done :)!! hopefully will be me soon as well

[novel willow]

Is the behavior or programming question more valueable

[random snow]

I've heard behavior

[novel willow]

Hmm, I think I did well on that one, at least more than the programming

[random snow]

🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

[random snow]

How long after oa2 did you get the interview?

[novel willow]

at least a week? Wasn't keeping track, let me check

Yeah it was over a week

[random snow]

🙏🏼 thanks

[teal osprey]

Good job everyone! Join us: https://discord.gg/9KuWJRqC

@stiff nexus

[clear ember]

does amazon ask dp in final round?

[green prawn]

portal changed!!!!!

[slender anchor]

welp looks like im fcked I tried ig

[random snow]

timeline?

[frigid juniper]

lol just got the OA after 5 months

[green prawn]

12/22 oa1
12/29 oa2
1/14 final invite
1/24 final
1/27 portal change

[near torrent]

anyone got an offer from irvine?

like amazon sde intern based in irvine, ca?

[random snow]

Specific questions about the final:

1. are you sharing your screen? Can I draw things while we're discussing the question?

2. how many technical problems are there?

3. do they compile the code?

[naive wharf]

No, its's on a shared coding workspace

I got one

No, they don't compile. But, they expect you to write compilable code

And test your code out as well.

[random snow]

Thanks @naive wharf 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[naive wharf]

good luck mate

[naive grove]

wondering when i can expect to hear back, did final interview on friday (1/28)

[naive wharf]

usually within a week

[teal osprey]

Monday or Wednesday probably

[naive grove]

@naive wharf @teal osprey appreciate it 👍

[scenic dew]

Test in a editor(visual studio etc.)? Or just go over edge cases theoretically ?

[naive wharf]

theoretically

[random snow]

Any advice on picking interview date/time? Is sooner better for spots?

I want to give myself at least a week to prep some more

[torpid prawn]

fwiw, I got the survey link last monday and I picked out times starting this coming monday all the way thru friday and my interview got scheduled on the first availability that I put in the survey

@random snow

[random snow]

Thanks @torpid prawn 🙂

[torpid prawn]

np

[random snow]

Can you share screen during amazon interview? like if I were to use whiteboard to sketch out thoughts?

[teal osprey]

No

[naive grove]

dear god the anxiety

[teal osprey]

Yeah its gonna be a long day lol. I'd say check your email in the evening, that's when it usually "moves to another job"

If it doesn't, it might be because you did your interview on Friday

[naive grove]

like around 4pm pt ?

ah

yeah im assuming they process during business days

[teal osprey]

Usually around 6pm pst

[naive grove]

stressors activated

[torpid prawn]

If im interviewing tomorrow will there be a chance my portal updates wednesday or would it more than likely be next monday?

[teal osprey]

There is a chance, but I'm not sure. Most info I got is for people that interviewed on Wednesday/Thursday and we all got updates on Monday.

[torpid prawn]

okay thanks! i probably wont expect it by wednesday then

[naive wharf]

on the other hand, i interviewed on a tuesday and my portal updated the same night

[random snow]

you got it? @naive wharf

[naive wharf]

a while back yeah

[random snow]

👏🏼

[clear ember]

i heard portal usually updates mon or wed?

[naive grove]

anxiety

[green prawn]

i heard that too but mine updated on thurs

[clear ember]

i also did my final round on friday, just waiting now

[random snow]

@clear ember how was the final?? I'm prepping for the technical portion in nervous af

[clear ember]

it was ok, I had one LC med which was on blind 75

[random snow]

Can I dm? 🙂

[naive grove]

amazon plox my anxiety

[random snow]

berkley how did your final go

[naive grove]

went super well. stayed over 20-30mins. made interviewer laugh all throughout and connected with him on linkedin.

but anything could happen and things can be deceiving

[random snow]

Whattttt... that sounds like a dream

You're GOOD dude

[naive grove]

nah dude

[random snow]

👌🏼

[naive grove]

i definitely may have fumbled somewhere in LP behavioral or technical

in the big picture nah

but if i microanalyzed definitely

[random snow]

From what I've heard about Amazon interviews, it's fairly forgiving

Big focus on communication/thought process

Good luck I think you're good 🙏🏼

[naive grove]

appreciate the support.

[naive grove]

good luck on your interview!

[random snow]

Thanksssss

[random snow]

If you have any tips for the technical portion i'd appreciate

[torpid prawn]

just had final interview today as well and the dude was super young and asked me to tell him about myself and then basically jumped straight into a coding exercsie that wasn't even really a lc problem. No LP's at all and then I asked 2 questions at the end

feeling a bit unsure because although i came up with the solutions on my own he kind of had to guide me with some minor mistakes and a time complexity

we'll see tho

[naive grove]

oh damn. what were u asked then? that's pretty strange

[broken ocean]

We don’t give up hope

hmm before I get Doxxed

[random snow]

Goodluck fam... get over 50% in OA1 and try to do really well in OA2 (work simulation)

and youll get the interview

💞 💞 💞

[naive grove]

anxiety x9

[celest patrol]

same ^

the LC problem didnt go as perfect as i wanted to and now its a 50/50

[broken ocean]

Boys I’ve done like 20 leetcode in the last week and a half now I gotta grind super hard

[naive grove]

4pm

nothing yet

sadge

[teal osprey]

Give it 2 hours

6pm PST

[naive grove]

for sure.

hopefully i get my decision earlier than later.

[celest patrol]

when was ur interview

[naive grove]

friday

1/28

[celest patrol]

mine was thursday night

still nothing

[naive grove]

prayge

[celest patrol]

what makes u so confident ur getting it today

[teal osprey]

Thursday gets updated today I think

[celest patrol]

u might have to wait longer

[naive grove]

noooo 😦

too much anxiety pl0x

[celest patrol]

ahah

[naive grove]

i did my interview at 9am on friday

so i'd assume interviewer submitted eveyrthing by then and they started processing and making decisions

[teal osprey]

Kuba you might be getting something in 2h. Berkeley maybe, idk

[celest patrol]

yea

feel like its a 50/50 for me

[teal osprey]

Friday kinda late

[naive grove]

when do portals update

whats the general trend

if any

[teal osprey]

Monday 6pm pst

Or Wednesday (idk what time)

[naive grove]

damn no tuesdays ?

[teal osprey]

Not usually

[celest patrol]

ive heard thursdays too tho

[teal osprey]

Maybe but most often if you had your interview late in the week, it'll be in the beginning of the next week

[naive grove]

prayge

are you headed to amazon for summer @teal osprey

?

[teal osprey]

But you'd be surprised. I feel like Amazon recruiting team works almost 24/7 cause they are all around the world with all time zones

[random snow]

How does team matching work?

[teal osprey]

Yeah in Seattle

[random snow]

Dude this is true... I got my interview email at 3am 🤣🤣

[teal osprey]

Lol same here

I got mine on like a Sunday night or something

[naive grove]

oh yeah

are u guys east coast

i got mine at 12am ish

[random snow]

Nah

[naive grove]

o

[random snow]

Mountain time

[teal osprey]

I'm currently in Central Time

[naive grove]

ah yea +2 hrs

so like around 2:45 ish

crackhead amazon

[random snow]

What happens after final? You pick a team or they pick for you?

[naive grove]

praying my interviewer doesnt turn his back on me

we connected on linkedin

he cant do this to me

[teal osprey]

Basically nothing happens until the last couple months before start date

So I don't know anything yet besides location and pay.

[random snow]

Oh nice nice

[teal osprey]

They probably pick the team

[naive grove]

what's the pay in seattle vs bay ?

[teal osprey]

Idk

[torpid prawn]

what if i had my interview today when should i expect a portal change?

this wednesday or probably next monday?

[teal osprey]

Bay area around 10.5k/month, Seattle around 9.1k/month

[naive grove]

SHEEsH

wb housing

[teal osprey]

Maybe Wednesday

[naive grove]

is that just extra dough you get ?

or does it have to be legit for housing

[torpid prawn]

hoping so!

[celest patrol]

@naive grove mine didnt connect back with me in linkedin 😨

[teal osprey]

Housing you get an additional 2.4k for both locations. I don't think you can earn it if you're online/not relocating

[celest patrol]

mine also doesnt have a profile picture -_-

[naive grove]

haha

did you stalk tem afterwards?

i connected with mine during the interview

[celest patrol]

yea stalked

we talked for 15 min after

but my lc wasnt crisp i was nervous

[teal osprey]

Lol

[celest patrol]

so its a coinflip if i get offer

you're set tho

[naive grove]

yea he was cool with it

we were having a good convo

and i was like hey bro whats your linkedin

"yeah yeah, you seem really cool and interesting to talk to would love to talk more"

prayge no stabby back

[celest patrol]

mine was chinese and had no social skills

it is what it is tho

[teal osprey]

Yeah you definitely got it then

[naive grove]

i had a cool indian dude

i had his ass laughing during behavioral and after

couldnt hide that grin on his face

im behavioral one trick

[teal osprey]

What behavioral type of questions. Were they like straight from the normal questions related to LPs

[naive grove]

is there a list ?

[teal osprey]

Yeah I don't have it anymore

[naive grove]

asked about working with a teammate or partner

what i would do better

difficult project and meeting tight deadline

[random snow]

LOL love it

[naive grove]

i did pretty well in all of em

guy was speechless for story 1 & 2

[random snow]

I'm banking in making interviewer laugh too

It's all I got

[naive grove]

"well you could use that story for this question but .."

[teal osprey]

Did your interviewer laugh at your answers? Or what exactly?

[naive grove]

nah

[random snow]

My LC is shit

[naive grove]

i was just super enthusiastic

it's hard to describe

but just playing off ear

[teal osprey]

Lol you got this

[naive grove]

im a pretty social person

so was definitely in my element

when i got him to grin in the first 10 seconds

[random snow]

Bro I honestly feels that matters more than LC

Like as long as you have a good process

[teal osprey]

It's both

[naive grove]

prayge he doesnt cuck me

my LPs were off the charts

[random snow]

You had answers ready?

For lp

[naive grove]

yeah prepared stories

prepared 3

[random snow]

Nice nice

[naive grove]

all super versatile

hit like 10 LPs each

dab

[random snow]

I'm planning to do that too

Don't wanna think on the spot

Just wanna style on them

[naive grove]

yeah definitely prepare stories

but be able to pivot a little

[random snow]

Wdym

[naive grove]

you might get asked a specific question but your story is geared towards X, Y, Z

so you should be able to recruit different aspects into the story on the fly

since it might line up 100%

[random snow]

Ohhhh yaya

[naive grove]

is what im saying

yea

[random snow]

👌🏼👌🏼

Were you asked a tree question for the technical portion?

[naive grove]

my interviewer hasnt respond back to my linkedin message tho sad

connected but no response

[naive grove]

nah. but definitely should study trees

i got fucked on my adobe

bc of trees

[random snow]

He's waiting for that offer pdf to be ready before he answers 💕💕

[celest patrol]

i had a tree hard

i got fucked

thats why im worried

still feel like i solved it but it wasnt elegantly written for sure

[random snow]

Fuckkkk

I need to get lucky I feel :(

It's so RNG

[celest patrol]

yup

[naive grove]

my dude crammed a problem in at the end

[celest patrol]

luckily i did some problems beforehand that helped a lot

[naive grove]

and i said the wrong runtime accidentally

l0l

[random snow]

From tagged?

[random snow]

LOL that's sweaty

I'm planning to talk a lot during behavioural and sort of chat them up and eat time... Good strat? 🤣🤣

Organically I mean... Not gonna force

[naive grove]

ye prob go organic

my behavioral was like 25 mins lol

actual technical time was like 15-20 xd

then talked for extra 20

[random snow]

LOL nice

That's ideal

I feel like they interview so many bots

They'd love a good convo

🤣

[celest patrol]

my q wasnt even on lc but yea to prep i did tree blind75

[broken ocean]

guys this is the first FAANG i havent gotten resume rejected from

im not even sure what to do rn i will prob need to take OA1 next week

[random snow]

Deep breath you got it

I'm in the same boat... first faang everything

[broken ocean]

lmao

[random snow]

I'm kind of in shock that I've made it this far

[broken ocean]

im so new to leetcode

sameee

im in sophomore year rn

[random snow]

👌🏼

[broken ocean]

wbu

[random snow]

senior lmao

[broken ocean]

icic

[random snow]

this would be my third internship

[broken ocean]

well if we can make it past auto reject for 1 then we can make it past auto reject for others

[random snow]

[broken ocean]

thisll be my second

well maybe third cuz if i actaully clutch an offer i may try to ask to move to fall

[random snow]

Dope yeah do it

[broken ocean]

i do lc in java lol

feelsbadman

[naive grove]

same

[broken ocean]

its actually cancer whenever i am given int[] parameters

[naive grove]

o yeah

nested shit

is aids

[teal osprey]

Y'all should check your portals now

[celest patrol]

Nada

[naive grove]

nothing

[slender anchor]

nothing

bru ive been under review for a week (took it Tues)

is that reject 😢

[celest patrol]

How’d u think you did?

[slender anchor]

I thought I did well thats the thing...

dont wanna have hope but then have it crushed

[celest patrol]

I haven’t heard rejects take longer than accepts

[slender anchor]

but im not sure wts going on/taking so long

[celest patrol]

So I wouldn’t worry

[slender anchor]

cuz other ppl got updates Wed and one on Thurs

[naive grove]

fucking amazon

reee

[lime bloom]

Sooo my only real available time for the final was Friday, cuz I have quizes and stuff I have to be in class for other days, and that's what I marked on my availability survey

is it bad if I still haven't gotten a confirmation email about a time or anything

did I shoot myself in the foot by only selecting most of Friday

[random snow]

When did you submit the survey?

[random snow]

Nah there's a lot of people in Amazon I'm sure you'll get a spot

I wouldn't worry

For now prep as if you have the interview on friday

[lime bloom]

Think it was last wednesday

Saw that 5-10 but just worried

ty for calming my worries LOL

and yee trying to prep as hard as possible

[random snow]

LOL you're good bro we're gonna get in

LETS GOOOOOOO

How are you prepping?

[lime bloom]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I'm like

big newbie

Would be first internship sooo

haven't had much dsa practice

so really just studying dsa's from videos and then applying them to blind 75 category by category

[random snow]

Yep I'm doing Blind 75 too

Focusing on identifying and being to explain the solution

Implementation will come to me 😅

[lime bloom]

LOL

With you on that

Trying to do the same thing

Bought a whiteboard to like

plan shit out on first

so I can actually just get good at the identification part

[random snow]

Ya I have a tablet I use whiteboard on the pc

its goated

[lime bloom]

ahh yee that's pretty good

[random snow]

makes life easy

[lime bloom]

yeah I bet

[random snow]

Make sure to prep on LP as well

[lime bloom]

that's pretty sick

Yeah was planning on writing some up starting tomorrow

School is just taking too much of my time LOL

[random snow]

Ya I'm in the middle of midterms dude

Worst timing

[lime bloom]

daaaaamn

[random snow]

🤦🏼‍♂️

[lime bloom]

that blows

Thankfully not the case for me

so actually just considering

not going wednesday and thursday

to study more

[random snow]

I'm just gonna pass lmao

God help me

[lime bloom]

LOL

We're MST buddies too

saw you mention that earlier in the chat

we gotta both do well ;)

[random snow]

LOL sickkk

where youfrom?

Montana?

😅

[lime bloom]

New Mexico

LMFAO

[naive grove]

prayge bois

[random snow]

Oh nice nice

[naive grove]

beZos will reward us

[random snow]

i will polish bezos head

pls give me an ez interview jeff

oh

[lime bloom]

sheeesh

[random snow]

like ya same

oh

[lime bloom]

not committed enough to leave it up ;)

or did it get deleted LOL

either way glgl to both of you

hope your application gets updated soon berkeley

sounded like it went well from what you were saying earlier I can only hope I have the same sort of vibe with my interviewer

[random snow]

berkley is IN

[naive grove]

🧢

[naive grove]

[broken ocean]

bro amazon oa rn is gonna fuck my entire schedule

im already dying this sem

i did the most popular lc question which was robot circle thing

[hot steeple]

fuck school full in lc

feels like a monk these days tbh

fr just ship me off to tibet with 2000 lc questions for a year, i come back revolutionrize the industry with algos

[broken ocean]

lmaoooo

lowkey my friend is asking me if i wanna take time from school to grind lc

the difference is he has google ft oa and i have amazon internship oa

[slender anchor]

Gg it's been more than 5 business days since interview

[clear ember]

another day another

[naive grove]

[naive grove]

mid day

[celest patrol]

All these portals updating 😔

[naive grove]

most of these ppl interviwed before friday

[slender anchor]

Not me still under review from last tuesday

Asked recruiter and she was like the portal tells ur status

Like no sht lol

I swear they must've just forgotten bout me or smthin

Prolly just best to treat it as a rejection and move on with my life

[sterile geode]

how did your final go?

[slender anchor]

idk now

but after i took it i thought it went well

[sterile geode]

did you get optimal in technical?

[slender anchor]

no

[sterile geode]

bruteforce?

[slender anchor]

yea

so ig idk

[sterile geode]

ah okay

[naive grove]

continues

[torpid prawn]

i know its monday/wednesday but does the portal update 6pm pst or est

[broken ocean]

If I get LRU cache quesrion on my OA I wonder if I’ll be able to do it

I mostly understand it

[strong pumice]

For behavioural questions during the final interview, do your answers have to be related to coding?

or can it be about any story non-coding related, like my current non-technical job

[random snow]

wdym? @strong pumice

As long as it's on in a software engineering context I think its fine

coding or non coding

but if by non coding you mean like what you did at summer camp....

I would throw in SWE "metaphors" just to make it relevant

[wanton quiver]

i would stick to swe related activities

[strong pumice]

like stories from my job at a IT help desk

idk if that's relevant or not

[random snow]

Ya of course

I'd say relevant

Especially if you don't have much experience

[strong pumice]

Sounds good🙏

[celest patrol]

MY INTERVIEWER ACCEPTED MY LINKEDIN REQUEST

PLEASE DONT LET THIS BE THE BLUEBALL OF THE YEAR

I doubt he even remembered me after 4 days tbh

[random snow]

Wow you're the second guy who connected with interviewer on LinkedIn

They all just do that? 😂

That's a good sign let's go

[celest patrol]

I did it so I could send a thank you note, idk his email

[random snow]

How was the final btw?

Was the technical tough?

Sounds like you got a chill interviewer

[celest patrol]

My interviewer was hard to understand but ig he was p chill

If he doesn’t move me forward then I wouldn’t say he’s chill tho lol

My technical was a bst hard and I’m not sure if I finished it, kinda sloppy at the end and prob would fail some edge cases

[random snow]

Damn a hard? Unlucky

[random snow]

Was it a tagged question?

[celest patrol]

Wasn’t on lc

[naive grove]

sadge under review

@celest patrol when was ur interview

[celest patrol]

Thursday night

Expecting to hear back tn or tmr

[naive grove]

icic

[torpid prawn]

Interviewed on Monday hoping to hear back tonight

Might be a bit ambitious tho

[broken ocean]

:s

I no ready

[clear ember]

YOOOOOOO

@naive grove

check ur portal

[naive grove]

nothing

[teal osprey]

You got it @split loom ?

[naive grove]

@clear ember

[clear ember]

i think so, my thing went from under review to application submitted

and under status it's moved to another job

thats the portal update right

?

[naive grove]

can i see a ss

my shit just says under review still

sad

[clear ember]

ya for sure ill dm u

[random snow]

Dude that's a W I think

[naive grove]

guess i got fucked lol

[clear ember]

ill be for u bois

[naive grove]

rejects are quicker than this no?

i heard 24-48hr is reject timeline

[clear ember]

yeah my buddy interviewed in like oct and got rejected in 2 days

i think ur fine tbh

[naive grove]

sus af

[clear ember]

did anyone else's portal update?

[teal osprey]

Oh nice congrats!! You should be getting an email tomorrow

Join the Amazon discord server

Good luck for the rest!

[wanton quiver]

grats @clear ember !!

[random snow]

@clear ember any tipssss? 🎇🎇🎇

[torpid prawn]

When did u interview? @clear ember

[naive grove]

have you heard anything either ?

[clear ember]

last fri 28th

[wanton quiver]

nope

mine was at 3 pst

and i think interviewers also have like a day to submit feedback?

so it also depends on ur interviewer

[naive grove]

ah. mine was at 9am

pst

[clear ember]

i'd say prep for behaviourals cuz they weigh it p heavily, and grind blind 75. That's what i did tbh xd

o yeah i did mine 3pdt on fri

[wanton quiver]

well i’m sure we will receive updates tonight or tomorrow @naive grove

[clear ember]