Amazon || SDE 2 || Rejected

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SDE 2
August 8, 20253 reads

Summary

I interviewed for an SDE 2 role at Amazon and was rejected. I faced DSA, LLD, and HLD rounds, with the HLD round proving particularly challenging for me.

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Round 1 - DSA

  • Minimum spanning Trees
  • Sorted Metrix search

Round 2 - LLD

  • Design Stock Broker Platform - Zerodha, Groww

Round 3 - HLD

  • Design A chat system like Whatsapp.

Screwed up big time. Missed a big opportunity. Not feeling good. Got all standard questions and still panicked in HLD interview, couldn't explain proper design, was unable to provide clear DB choices and some deep-dives answers.

Will try back in 6 months.

Interview Questions (3)

Q1
Search in Sorted Matrix
Data Structures & AlgorithmsMedium

Given an m x n matrix with integer elements, where each row is sorted in non-decreasing order and each column is sorted in non-decreasing order, design an efficient algorithm to search for a target value.

Q2
Design a Stock Broker Platform
System DesignHard

Design a stock broker platform similar to Zerodha or Groww. Consider aspects like order placement, execution, market data, user authentication, and system scalability.

Q3
Design a Chat System like Whatsapp
System DesignHard

Design a scalable and reliable chat system similar to Whatsapp. Address key components such as user management, message delivery, group chats, push notifications, and handling offline users.

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