The overall interview process was very smooth and well-organized from start to finish. The recruiter was extremely responsive and approachable, and they patiently addressed any questions or concerns I had throughout the process, which made the experience much more comfortable and transparent.
The interview questions were well thought out and primarily focused on assessing a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms. They were challenging but fair, and clearly designed to evaluate problem-solving skills, logical thinking, and technical fundamentals rather than rote memorization.
Overall, it was a very pleasant and positive experience. The professionalism of the recruitment team and the structured interview process made it both engaging and insightful, leaving a great impression of the organization.
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Question 1
Asked a coding question based on string manipulation and sorting, where different rules applied depending on whether the data was textual or numeric. Focus was on correct parsing, custom comparison logic, and maintaining order where required.
Interviewed for silicon team. Have only been asked about the domain specific knowledge in 1st round and system design in 2nd round and C coding in 3rd round.
The interviews were 50 mins each.
The phone screen went longer than expected, focusing heavily on implementation details. The interviewer really grilled me on my approach to a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache, asking how I'd combine a hashmap with a doubly linked list. I felt well-prepared since I had gone through system design examples on PracHub, which made me comfortable discussing eviction policies. The later rounds included more technical questions and behavioral interviews, but in the end, I received an offer, though I ultimately decided to decline. Overall, I’d say the process was average, with solid questions.
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Question 1
Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache supporting get(key) and put(key, value) in O(1) average time. Walk through combining a hashmap with a doubly linked list, eviction policy when capacity is exceeded, and how you'd extend it to handle thread-safe concurrent access.
Recruiter reaches out after applying through Amazon careers, no referral. Had an initial OA, then after a month had four rounds in two days - three coding one system design. Each round had 30 min behavioral and 30 min coding.
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Question 1
Questions were mainly hashmap, sliding window and interval related.