Amazon interview notes, page 43 of 159

“I went straight for a join across all four tables and then tried to filter in the WHERE clause, which almost immediately broke things because you end up excluding rows you need for the other item.” 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 had a decent answer for the best team but fumbled on the worst.” The rest of the author's notes on Product 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.

“I had a decent story ready but fumbled the outcome part.” The rest of the author's notes on Product 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.

“This one sprawls in a way that's easy to lose the thread on.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist 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.

“Classic one.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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.

“My first instinct was pure BFS from every water cell and I wasted probably five minutes going down that path before realizing I needed to find each island first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Picked Minesweeper because I could narrate the state machine fast.” 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.

“This is the question I should've prepped harder for.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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 topological sort or cycle detection problem.” 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.

“Took me a beat to see what they actually wanted.” 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.