Amazon interview notes, page 57 of 159

“Passed all 15 test cases, nothing too wild.” 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 started with the data model and that went fine, basically a locker table with size enum, status, and a foreign key to whatever item is currently stored.” 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.

“My first instinct was to rattle off DAU/MAU and call it a day, which would have been a disaster.” 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 rambled a bit at first because I wasn't sure how deep to go.” The rest of the author's notes on Technical Program Manager 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.

“The UNION ALL part I got immediately, that's just stacking tables.” 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.

“This is the kind of question that sounds manageable until you're actually in it.” 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.

“The gcd angle clicked pretty fast but I underestimated how much work comes after that.” 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.

“Spent way too long trying to brute-force the activation order before realizing the key insight: you want to delay triggering suspension thresholds for as long as possible, which means being careful about which printer you activate next.” 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.

“Classic course schedule / topological sort problem dressed up as task dependencies.” 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 went straight into market sizing and user needs, which felt right in the moment but I skipped over the competitive landscape almost entirely.” 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.