Amazon interview notes, page 7 of 159

“Pretty open-ended.” 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 median-of-a-stream part I knew cold, two heaps, keep them balanced, done.” 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 knew it was a DP or stack problem the second I read it, but the efficiency rating layer threw me off.” 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 question itself sounds manageable until the follow-ups start and you realize they want the full autopsy, not the highlight reel.” 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.

“I knew the broad strokes but fumbled the specifics under pressure.” 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.

“Two-pass approach, count all characters first then scan again for the first one with a count of exactly one.” 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.

“This question has way more parts than it looks like at first.” 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 pulled from production support work, talked through a workflow failure I investigated by digging into logs and comparing successful runs against broken ones.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with a story about a project getting scoped down last minute and how I had to adjust.” 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.

“This one tripped me up more than I expected.” 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.