Amazon interview notes, page 9 of 159

“Broader than it sounds.” 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 started with demographics and quickly realized that felt too shallow for Amazon.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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.

“The manager really wanted the full arc, not just 'here's what I did.' He pushed on how I noticed something was wrong in the first place, which I wasn't totally prepared for.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Amazon, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Scope creep got me here.” 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.

“The second example request is what gets people.” 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 had a story ready but partway through I realized it sounded like I was the hero and the team was just along for the ride.” 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 had a decent story ready but I front-loaded too much context and kind of buried the part where I actually stepped outside my lane.” 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.

“Started fine with BFS for shortest paths and backtracking to reconstruct all sequences.” 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.

“My first instinct was to just BFS and track parent and depth for each node, which works, but I spent too long second-guessing whether siblings meant same parent or just same level.” 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.

“Spent way too long thinking about this greedily before realizing you really need to think bit by bit from the top down.” 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.