Amazon | SDE2 | Seattle | Dec 2019 [Offer] - Leetcode

Original link on Leetcode: Link

Status: 3 years of experience
Position: SDE2
Location: Seattle, WA

Online Assessment:
Two questions, one easy and one medium

Phone Screen:
1 LC easy and some behavioral
https://leetcode.com/problems/word-break-ii/
Short intro and talked about my work, my last challenge

Onsites:
Every round started with LPs.

1. Behavioral + One coding (LC medium)
   https://leetcode.com/problems/group-anagrams/
2. Behavioral + One Coding (LC medium)
   https://leetcode.com/problems/lowest-common-ancestor-of-a-binary-tree/
3. Behavioral + System Design (Bar raiser)
   Tell me about a time where you were criticized and how you handled it.
   Design a system that checks the health of 10,000 nodes
4. Behavioral + Past work experience
5. One Coding (LC Hard) + Behavioral
   https://leetcode.com/problems/word-ladder-ii/

Behavioral Questions:
Tell me about a time when you had to work on something after you have delivered it
How did you handle a tight deadline?
What aspects would you improve if you had to do it again?
Tell me about a time you had to handle conflict
Tell me about a time you disagreed with your team
Tell me about a time when you went out of your way in your company

Resources:
https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer
https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview
https://www.rooftopslushie.com/request/Amazon Leadership Principles Interview Questions-149

Suggestions:
Be confident in your answers. Practice your LP answers until you know them like the back of your hand.
Practice LC daily, whether it's 1 or 5.