Amazon | SDE1 | US | Interview Experience

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March 31, 20255 reads

Summary

I had an interview at Amazon for an SDE1 role in the US. The rounds included two LeetCode-linked problems and several Amazon Leadership Principle questions.

Full Experience

Here's what was asked during my interview rounds

  1. https://leetcode.com/problems/reorganize-string/description/
  2. https://leetcode.com/problems/count-binary-substrings/description/

Multiple LP's about deep dive, disagree and commit. One LP on earn trust, deliver results, ownership

No LLD.

Interview Questions (7)

Q1
Reorganize String
Data Structures & AlgorithmsMedium

Given a string s, rearrange the characters of s such that any two adjacent characters are not the same. Return any possible rearrangement of s or return "" if not possible.

Q2
Count Binary Substrings
Data Structures & AlgorithmsEasy

Given a binary string s, return the number of non-empty substrings that have the same number of 0's and 1's, and all the 0's and all the 1's in these substrings are grouped consecutively. Substrings that occur multiple times are counted the number of times they occur.

Q3
Amazon Leadership Principles: Deep Dive
Behavioral

I was asked multiple questions related to Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Deep Dive'. I should be prepared to discuss situations where I have gone deep into details to understand problems or solutions.

Q4
Amazon Leadership Principles: Disagree and Commit
Behavioral

I was asked questions related to Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Disagree and Commit'. I should be prepared to discuss situations where I disagreed with a team's decision but committed to it once a decision was made.

Q5
Amazon Leadership Principles: Earn Trust
Behavioral

I was asked a question related to Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Earn Trust'. I should be prepared to discuss how I have earned trust with colleagues or stakeholders.

Q6
Amazon Leadership Principles: Deliver Results
Behavioral

I was asked a question related to Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Deliver Results'. I should be prepared to discuss situations where I have delivered significant results.

Q7
Amazon Leadership Principles: Ownership
Behavioral

I was asked a question related to Amazon's Leadership Principle 'Ownership'. I should be prepared to discuss situations where I have taken ownership of problems or projects from start to finish.

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