Amazon interview notes, page 24 of 159

“The actual code isn't that hard but I second-guessed myself on where to zero the gradients.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Amazon, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight to writing methods and the interviewer stopped me pretty quickly to ask about my class diagram.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had an example ready but it was too focused on what I did technically and not enough on the customer's actual thought process.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager interview at Amazon, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic opener, but I still fumbled it a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Amazon, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Took me a minute to see the right move here.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the mechanics well enough but fumbled a bit when comparing tradeoffs.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Amazon, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to go straight to enforcement but that felt too narrow.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Amazon, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight into features and probably spent too long on the gift-giver experience before even nailing down who the primary user was.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Amazon, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Knew it was backtracking pretty fast, which was a relief.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight for a GROUP BY and COUNT approach, comparing the number of distinct products each customer bought against the total rows in the catalog table.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.