AWS Dublin, SDE-2 (reject)
Summary
I interviewed for an SDE-2 role at Amazon in Dublin, which consisted of a phone interview and a 5-round onsite loop, covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions. I ultimately received a rejection after 9 days, with feedback indicating mixed performance and a need for more complex Leadership Principle responses.
Full Experience
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Phone interview Next Greater Element II. Return a list of pairs — either (element, next_greater_element) or (element, -1) if no greater element exists. I solved it using a monotonic stack.
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Loop(5 rounds)
Coding - Design the search API file + 2 LP
System design - design a log storage + 2 LP
Coding Design - Design a system to install packages. You are required to support the installation of a package and all of its dependent packages + 2 LP
Behaivoral - 3 LP
Behaivoral - 4 LP
I received the result 9 days later through an online meeting with the recruiter. I had the very mixed feedback and they expected more complex LP. I'm not sure why they didn’t reject me by email, as Amazon typically doesn’t provide any feedback unless the candidate specifically asks. The recruiter explained that it was just the result and a brief comment. I’ve heard stories where candidates are simply ghosted or rejected via a templated email therefor it wasn’t typical behavior for Amazon
Interview Questions (4)
Next Greater Element II
Return a list of pairs — either (element, next_greater_element) or (element, -1) if no greater element exists.
Design Search API File
Design the search API file
Design Log Storage
Design a log storage
Design Package Installation System
Design a system to install packages. You are required to support the installation of a package and all of its dependent packages