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I recently had my 3rd round for an Amazon SDE-1 on-campus opportunity and wanted to get some opinions on how this sounds.

The round was ~65–70 mins. After a short introduction, I got one coding question: given a tree, cut one edge such that the difference between the sums of the two resulting trees is minimized.

I explained the brute force, then the optimized approach, coded it and did a dry run. During tracing, I had one mistake causing an infinite loop. The interviewer pointed it out, and after trying twice, I identified and fixed it myself on the third attempt. The rest of the solution, complexity, etc. was correct.

We then spent around 15–20 mins on behavioral/project questions, including a fairly deep dive into my internship and some AI-related questions. I couldn't remember one specific detail (database size), so I honestly told him I didn't know the exact number.

At the end, I asked a couple of questions and the interviewer answered them in detail. He didn't give any indication either way.

Also, there was only one coding question on the link, and when I asked if there was another, he said no.

For people familiar with Amazon interviews:

Does this sound like a Hire / No Hire / borderline round?
How much would the debugging mistake and not remembering one project detail matter?

This was my 3rd round, so I'm mainly trying to understand whether this sounds positive overall.

I recently completed my first 2 rounds for Amazon SDE-1 (on-campus, 2026 batch), and I’m quite unsure about how they went. Would really appreciate some perspective from people who have interviewed at Amazon.
Round 1:
Intro + discussion about my internship from the resume. Answered the follow-ups well and interviewer seemed satisfied.
Then 2 DSA questions.
For Q1, I clearly explained assumptions, brute force, complexity, and then moved toward the optimal approach using a min-heap.
Instead of moving directly to coding the optimal solution, the interviewer went very deep into the min-heap itself ,asked me to explain it, justify how/why it works, and write all 4 main heap operations.
I answered the follow-ups and explained my reasoning, although I did make one conceptual mistake. They said the overall approach was right but that particular concept was incorrect.
Due to time, I couldn’t fully code the heap implementation, so I explained the remaining small part verbally.
For Q2, I explained the approach, brute force and complexity, but they stopped me because time was over.
Round 2:
Intro + 2 DSA questions, both of which I solved.
One Leadership Principle question based on my internship with follow-ups, which I felt I answered well.
Overall, this round felt much better.
The thing making me anxious is that some of my batchmates said they were able to completely solve both questions in Round 1, whereas my interviewer spent a lot of time deep-diving into the first question/min-heap.
I was communicating throughout and was able to answer most of the “how/why” questions, but I still can’t figure out whether Round 1 would be considered a bad round because I didn’t finish the coding.
For people familiar with Amazon interviews:
Does this sound like a reject-level Round 1?
Can strong communication + correct approach + handling deep follow-ups compensate for incomplete coding?
Is it normal for interviewers to spend most of the round deep-diving into one concept?
Given that Round 2 went well, do I still have a reasonable chance?
Any honest insight would really help!

ears ago, I gifted my boyfriend a photo frame of the two of us. Back when he lived in a shared hostel room, whenever I asked why he didn't keep the frame on display, he would say he shared the room and felt a little uncomfortable keeping it out. I understood that.

But now he has a room all to himself, and even after so many conversations and arguments about how much this hurt me, he still keeps the frame hidden inside his cupboard instead of displaying it.

Today, while we were on a call, I asked him to give me an honest reason why he still doesn't keep it out. He finally said he was worried that his friends might make fun of him.

That honestly broke my heart.

After being together for almost 9 years, I never expected my partner to think that way. I always believed that when you truly love someone, you don't care what other people think. I thought choosing your person over the opinions of others was just... natural.

What he said has really hurt me, and I can't stop thinking about it.

So I genuinely want to ask—especially the guys here—is this a normal way of thinking? Do some guys actually avoid displaying things like couple photos because they're worried about being teased by their friends? Or is it reasonable for me to feel hurt by this?

TL;DR: I (23F) gifted my boyfriend (23M) a photo frame of us years ago. He used to say he didn't display it because he shared a room, but now he has his own room and still keeps it hidden. He admitted it's because he's worried his friends will make fun of him. After nearly 9 years together, I'm deeply hurt and wondering if this is normal for guys or if my feelings are justified.

Hey guys, I really need some genuine suggestions.

So I graduated this June with a BTech in CSE and thankfully I did get placed. But it’s been almost 6 months and I still haven’t received my joining letter. From what I’m hearing, it might get delayed another 6 months too.

The worst part is that these past 6 months I’ve barely done anything productive because I kept thinking the joining could come anytime. But now I’m pretty sure it’s not happening soon, and I honestly feel stuck.

I’ve tried applying off-campus too, but nothing is moving forward. I even lost the motivation to start DSA again. It’s frustrating because technically I have a lot of free time, but mentally I feel completely blank and directionless.

People who’ve been in a similar situation — what did you do during this phase? How did you stay productive or get back on track? I genuinely don’t want to waste more time but I just can’t figure out where to start anymore.

Hey guys, I really need some genuine suggestions.

So I graduated this June with a BTech in CSE and thankfully I did get placed. But it’s been almost 6 months and I still haven’t received my joining letter. From what I’m hearing, it might get delayed another 6 months too.

The worst part is that these past 6 months I’ve barely done anything productive because I kept thinking the joining could come anytime. But now I’m pretty sure it’s not happening soon, and I honestly feel stuck.

I’ve tried applying off-campus too, but nothing is moving forward. I even lost the motivation to start DSA again. It’s frustrating because technically I have a lot of free time, but mentally I feel completely blank and directionless.

People who’ve been in a similar situation , what did you do during this phase? How did you stay productive or get back on track? I genuinely don’t want to waste more time but I just can’t figure out where to start anymore.