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Just gonna put this here because when I was studying I had little to no resources lol. (I went to UBC graduated this year)

Applied and got the OA the next day

OA - 2 problems, one had a tree solution, one was just a node.js backend that you had to trace through and solve a couple test cases. Neither was bad (10/15 test cases passed on Q1, 2/6 on Q2).

Next day I got an interview invite scheduled for 2 weeks after.

Loop (All 4 rounds same day):

Round 1: 2 simple coding question with a couple behavioral. The coding was super easy, I was quite nervous but ended up getting the optimal solution for the first one and got a solution on the second just didn't have time to write it out. (Both questions were essentially two pointer)

Round 2: Bar Raiser - Senior SWE and a Manager sitting in and it was just all behavioral stayed energetic and positive throughout. Rambled on some questions but was able to clarify and get to the point this round went well for me.

Round 3: One coding question and a behavioral, Honestly, I didn't understand the question at all when it was given to me and I implemented a solution that was correct, but didn't account for a specific edge case. The interviewer was super quiet. I walked him through my solution and ran some dry cases talking throughout but he wasn't saying a word just gave me an edge case and asked how I would move forward with that. Honestly, not sure how I feel about that round but the questioning afterwards was quite positive and felt super conversational. Interviewer was super nice they all were his calm demeanor was semi intimidating but whatever LOL (DP Problem, its straight from leetcode and is genuinely quite difficult I wont even lie to you guys). Unfortunately I will not be saying what question it is incase that somehow impacts my chances at an offer but think money.

Round 4: LLD round + Behavioral. LLD was super simple to start and as the follow ups kept getting added on it got more tricky. But at the end of the day I was explaining everything and my thought process, the interviewer was able to follow along with what I was thinking and while the syntax and everything was good to a point he mentioned that he got my mental model down and that's all that he was really looking for. We had a conversation afterwards, felt good and he said qualities he looks for he saw in me so that's fire. When it comes to questions like this, just think of a real world example, and work backwards.

Hey guys! I have my interview loop in a couple of days and just had a quick question.

It looks like I’m going to have 4 interviews scheduled back to back and then a decision in the 1-5 after that. Does anyone know if that means 4 coding questions? I did some research myself and saw that it was 2 technicals for the first two interviewers then a sys design and then a behavioural but I just want to clarify.

If it’s only 2 technicals I’m assuming linked lists and graph traversal… if it’s 4, fuck.

Hey guys!

This definitely gets asked every day and there's probably so much stuff related that is buried under other Amazon posts I cant find, but I recently got an interview request from Amazon for a SDE position in Canada. Honestly, this is my first FAANG interview... actually this is my first interview in general lol and I'm expecting to go in there and fail horrendously in the coding component. My interview is in roughly 11 days and I'm going to spend those days grinding leet code (the fundamentals/patterns, I am not going to sit and memorize answers), looking at their leadership principles, and doing my best to prepare.

I guess the question I have here is what is the best advice to tackle this opportunity and what can I do to stand out. I know for Amazon in specific it isn't all about the coding component, but more so how you can "raise the bar", "be a leader" and your problem solving/critical thinking skills. If anyone's also done this interview recently your guidance would be amazing. I know they changed the OA for this year and added an AI assisted component which is kind of cool so I want to know if maybe they've changed the interview's from last year to be more behavioral or something else.

Also to clarify I'm not actually going in there planning on failing the coding portion. The OA was extremely difficult for me (god knows how I passed LOL) and so I know I have a lot of work to do but I will try my absolute hardest to be as prepared as can be on interview day. It's just how i'm feeling in this current moment.

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Hello everyone! I have just graduated from university and am trying to nail down my resume before I start applying to jobs. Here is what It looks like right now. I'm doing my best to keep it as human as possible my biggest ick when it comes to resume is overloading it with buzz words and a bunch of other synonyms.

I am a Canadian Citizen, and I am wide open to relocating anywhere involving new countries. I'm also looking for computer science related jobs not limited to just software development.

Thanks!

Something to note: I use LATEX for my resumes because I like the way it's formatted. To be honest however I'm not too sure if that's a great idea because it makes updating your resume extremely difficult. If anyone has experience related to this, or any advice here that would be perfect. I've seen the 2 column approach mentioned in this subreddit which is something I'll look into!