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My Amazon Bangalore interview experience for L5 Software role. I have given Amazon interviews in Jan-2022. Here’s my interview experience (and result): 🗺️ The process: 1️⃣ Message from recruiter on LinkedIn in Dec 2021. 2️⃣ Asked for 15 days of preparation time. 3️⃣ 3 Coding rounds. 4️⃣ 2 System Design rounds. 5️⃣ 1 Behavioral round. 🎢 The interview breakdown: 1️⃣ Coding round 1: A linked list cycle problem and mirror a Binary tree. Easy-Medium difficulty, was able to solve both with edge cases. 2️⃣ Coding round 2: Add two numbers given in form of Linked List. I gave the brute and optimal solution. This was my best round as i have not solved similar problem earlier 3️⃣ Coding round 3: Reverse Linked List in group of K, with some additional edge case Medium difficulty. 4️⃣ System Design round 1: Was asked to design an home based Audio/Video monitoring system. 5️⃣ System Design round 2: This was more of an LRU cache system, with some additional constrain. 6️⃣ Leadership round: Behavioral and leadership questions. - Had 2 rounds with 2 different hiring mangers. Prepared commonly asked questions and examples from my experience few days before this round and that really helped. 🎯 Result: After a week of waiting, I was informed that my interview feedback is positive, Offer was accepted and later I joined Amazon after serving my notice period in Qualcomm in the month of April🛫. Overall, I found Amazon interview problems really interesting and challenging to solve. One of the best interview processes that I went through in my career that opened paths for my entry to FAANG 😎 📚 Few tips for a successful interview: - Clarify your doubts before you start coding. - Aim to get the correct solution first, then focus on optimization. - Communicate your thoughts though out the interview. - Don't ignore Leadership and behavioral questions. Follow Gurtaj S. for future update. I am planning to cover my career journey and the hiccups/best practices for others Photo credit: Yagyesh Tripathi #SoftwareEngineering #careergrowth

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Atlassian Interview Experience for Front-end Developer (P40 Role - Equivalent to SDE2) Average CTC: 55 LPA Process Duration: 2 months No. of Interview Rounds: 6 Karat Round: Conducted by Karat, a third-party screening service. Focus: HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Structure: 10 min: 4 theoretical and error/output-based questions. 15 min: HTML/CSS problem (replicate a small page). 30 min: JavaScript question (API call - https://lnkd.in/gkfpfFS9, display output in a grid format). Retake option available if failed initially. Coding Round 1 (Machine Coding): Task: Implement Tic Tac Toe. Discussed requirements, edge cases, approach, and state structure. Received a p30 rating. Coding Round 2 (Browser Coding): Task: Implement a reusable feature toggle functionality with various conditions. Started easy, became challenging towards the end. Received a p40 rating. System Design Interview: Task: Design the 3 columns (open, in progress, completed) functionality of a Jira board. Discussed breaking up the components, APIs, scalability, advantages, disadvantages, and lazy loading implementation. Received a p30 high rating. Management Round: Focused on 4-5 detailed behavioral questions (conflict resolution, handling tight deadlines). Used the STAR approach to answer effectively. Values Round: Discussed how I fit into Atlassian’s five values. Post-Interview Process: Debrief: Interviewers discussed performance; I received a "hire" recommendation. Hiring Committee: Hiring managers reviewed the profile; received "no hire" feedback citing a lack of curiosity to learn. Overall Experience: Amazing learning opportunity, especially in system design and effective interviewing techniques. Application Link: https://lnkd.in/gSWbD-kQ #hiring #interviewExperience #crackingProductCompany #GettingInterviewCalls

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3 days back I said there are ReactJS openings in #walmart and close to 150 people approached me. I was able to refer 50 and after that that job Id was removed from portal. Manager told, I will try doing a drive for your referrals and I don't want any more candidates. I responded back to others saying, "sorry i can't refer and this is the reason". Everybody understood and nobody responded harshly. Dear HR's , this is what every candidate wants, please don't ghost them just update whatever the status is. So, they make a decision. what do you think ?? Follow me and I will help you to find your dream job: Vasanth Bhat #referral #human #resource #hiring

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Referring someone to a job will take you 2 minutes. but can save them 2 months of job hunt. It’s a small effort amounting to huge impact. #job #jobsearching #referral #referralprogram #hiring #layoff

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Today I gave an Online Assessment of Intuit for the role of Software Engineer I. This was an internal opening and I got a referral luckily. I was able to successfully solve 3/5 questions in 1.5 hours, and maybe I would have solved 1 more question if got only a few minutes more. But the reason why I am posting this today because I got disheartened after knowing that Solutions were being sold during the time of the Assessment on various social media platforms like telegram. Yesterday my friend who also got a referral told me that someone approached him on telegram asking him whether he needed help in the OA, obviously asking him money for helping. I am a 2024 pass-out from a Tier-3 and I have been continuously practicing Leetcode, GFG, Codeforces since almost 3 years. I may not be an expert in Coding but it hurts more when people cheat on Online Assessments and the deserving people won't even get a chance for an interview of dream companies. By saying this I am not saying that I am deserving but there must be some deserving people out there whose chance to get an interview was snatched from him/her by a cheater. The problems faced by students of Tier-3 colleges are: - we don't get referrals - if somehow got a referral, our resume don't get shortlisted because of our college tier. - after all this hurdles there are cheaters all around who cheat in Online Assessments. Finishing my thoughts I would just say I am not going to give up and I will still practice everyday in a hope that I would crack a dream company someday. At last I would like to thank Sucharita Biswal for at least considering me eligible for the OA, cause I know many people were not even considered to give the OA even after they got a referral. #intuit #dsa #cp #OA

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* Everyone : Starting salary     -> 10,000/ 1st year hike: 40%   -> 14,000/- 2nd year hike: 30%   -> 18,000/- 3rd year hike: 20%   -> 21,500/- 4th year switch: 50%   -> 32,250/ (Company policy Max. is 50% only) * That unlucky person : Starting salary     -> 10,000/ 1st year hike: 40%   -> 14,000/- 2nd year hike: 00%   -> 14,000/- (Company says the profit numbers are not good so can't give you a hike) 3rd year hike: 00%   -> 14,000/- (Same reason this year too!) 4th year switch: 50%   -> 21,000/ (Company policy Max. is 50% only) - No matter what the market standard is, while switching they only considers and offers you hike based on your current CTC! Harsh but real life scenario of many of the hard working but unlucky employees, their growth gets stuck due to this. #appraisals #hike #switch #jobchange

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I got rejected from Google Interview! I got rejected from Amazon! I got rejected from Oracle! I’ve heard many Software Engineers telling me this while making a switch to senior roles (after 6+ YOE) like SDE 2 / 3. 😥 But for majority of them these rejections turned out to be their biggest motivator. So, despite getting rejected, they kept on improving themselves. And here’s what helped them the most: 🔸 Having a Schedule in hand. 🔸 When it came to DSA, having a Support system helped them greatly. 🔸 Lastly, on the System Design front, they thoroughly analyzed and prepared Design patterns like: 📍 Facebook design pattern, Messenger Design, Netflix Architecture, Shortening URL, Bookmyshow, and more. Not just this for HLD & LLD specifically, preparing answers for each question around the Past Projects & current projects. This helped them gain an edge during this round. 💪 I understand that it’s hard for working professionals to make a switch after 6-7 years, however, remember: To keep updating yourself regularly; Consistency in DSA is really important, make sure to practice it every day. So, if you’re a working professional targeting Senior roles at Top PBC’s, a good position & building a great career in a product company, Bosscoder Academy can help. Check them here: https://bit.ly/4cq459x Enrol in a course that’s specially designed for experienced professionals and get: ✅ Structured curriculum heavily focused on DSA & System Design. ✅ Live Weekend Classes, with Limited Batch Size with only experienced Working Professionals. ✅ Personal Mentorship from Industry Veterans working with MAANG. ✅ 24/7 Doubt Support & Placement Assistance for Senior Roles. #rejection #collab #linkedin

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Google SDE 2 Interview Experience Recently, my best friend gave an interview and got the job(congrats again!). This post details a 5-round interview experience, offering insights into the types of questions encountered and the skills assessed at each stage. (Long, but worth it) ✅𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭 Focused on tough Dynamic programming and trees, a complex problem (Similar: SPOJ - LCA (Lowest Common Ancestor) ✅𝗢𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟮: DFS and Longest Palindromic Substring (LPS): Medium-difficulty problems tested his ability to think critically and plan effectively under pressure. (Similar problem: A more challenging variant of Minimum Number of Refueling Stops with O(N log N) time complexity) ✅𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟯 Priority Queue Problems: More than a basic understanding of priority queue operations was required for these medium-hard tasks. ✅𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟰  Greedy Constructive Algorithm Problems: Required to find clever solutions within constraints, maximizing output or efficiently allocating resources. (Finally, Coding rounds are done)🌡️😮‍💨 ✅𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟱 The final round focuses on behavioural questions. Assessing his conflict resolution, situational awareness, teamwork, communication, and leadership abilities is crucial for thriving at Google. No matter what company you're applying for, remember that interviewing is a great chance to learn and grow. It's okay if you don't get selected, learn from your mistakes. It will make you a better person 🫵 who strives for excellence all the time! P.S. If you run into interview mistakes, feel free to ask for answers in the comments. #google #coding #InterviewRounds #InterviewExperience #algorithms

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I failed interviews at Sprinklr, Google, and Microsoft. But a while later, I received multiple offers from Google, Uber, and even Salesforce. How did I make this possible? → By learning from my rejections and applying these lessons. ☑️ I studied OOPs, OS, and Computer Fundamentals to enhance my core knowledge. ☑️ Re-created my resume to ensure ATS compliance and built quality projects. ☑️ I struggled to qualify for OAs, so I amplified my DSA practice and solved common questions. These points were crucial for my career growth! And if you are looking for career growth too, SDEs at Preplaced can help you out. With their 1:1 mentorship program, they will help you practice the right questions, align your skills with industry standards, and crack your dream company 🚀 Book a FREE session with them here - https://lnkd.in/g2hMkdAT Moreover, you have the added advantage of referrals and ongoing support with them 💪🏻.

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Sunday #Masala . . Adding a few more organizations that are hiring for #SDETs nowadays-> 1. Qualcomm - very limited positions available it seems 2. McAfee - hiring for Banglore, if someone is interested 3. EPAM Systems - hiring in bulk, try your luck 4. S&P Global - hiring from January and still have multiple open #positions 5. Ping Identity 6. Notion Apply directly or better to go for #referrals #SDETs, after that, for those who are preparing consistently for the last time, give yourself a little break. Enjoy this beautiful #Sunday, sing and listen to the amazing Music, as music might be the best medicine for many folks to relieve #stress or do whatever you like the most, stay away from code and automation at least for some time. Keep the hustle on Guys !!! Stay tuned for more !!! Let's have a call if you have any queries -> https://shorturl.at/chuY5 Follow Sahil kapoor 😊

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My 2024 Google interview experience (and result) for Software Engineer II role : ⏳ The process: 1️⃣ Recruiter email on 3rd Jan 2024 2️⃣ Recruiter call on 23rd Feb 2024 3️⃣ Asked for interviews next week 4️⃣ 1 Phone screen round 5️⃣ 3 Coding rounds 6️⃣ 1 Googleyness round 7️⃣ 1 Team match round 💻 The interviews: 1️⃣ Phone screen round: A medium two-pointers based problem with another medium follow-up. - Answered the first one fast, took a hint to finish the second. - This round went perfect. Interview was like a discussion among colleagues (easter egg). If you can solve LC 11. Container With Most Water, you can solve this as well. 3️⃣ Coding round 1: A hashing problem with an alternative solution using deque. Medium-hard difficulty for hashset solution, but hard for deque implementation. - Gave both approaches, coded the second one but forgot to handle duplicates. - Resolved the issue; the interviewer appeared satisfied. If you can solve LC 239. Sliding Window Maximum, you can solve this too. 4️⃣ Coding round 2: A directed graph problem involving DSU. - Objectively the hardest problem across my rounds. - This was also my best round; solved it blazing fast in about 35 minutes. Discussed our Amazon and Google experiences with interviewer in the last 10. Couldn’t find a similar question, but the closest thing would be a DSU problem like - 952. Largest Component Size by Common Factor. 5️⃣ Coding round 3: A binary-tree postorder problem.  Medium difficulty, with a hard space optimization. - Optimized space from O(logn) -> O(1) using Morris. This round went well. If you know Morris Traversal, you can solve this as well. 6️⃣ Googleyness round: 3 behavioral questions. - Prepared commonly asked questions 2 days before this round and that really helped. 🎯 Result:  My interview feedback came out to be very positive. Took 1 month to get a team-match call with my to-be manager. HC approval came 2 days later and finally, a week after that, I got an offer from my dream - Google! 💙❤️💛💚 Overall, Google interview problems were fresh (yes, they don’t repeat) and framed in a way that forces you to think, think more and then some. Hands down, the best interview panel & process I went through in my career. 📚 Tips for a successful interview loop @ Google: - Ask questions after reading the problem. Google appreciates curiosity.  - Finalize approach before coding. There’s almost never enough time to code multiple solutions per problem. - Which brings us to the next point, code super fast! Time is not a luxury in a 45 mins interview. - Does this mean you *have* to start with the most optimal approach? If possible, YES. Otherwise, just get a correct solution in, then focus on optimization. - Share your thoughts with the interviewer. Effective communication is a highly desired metric of every SWE role, and Google is no exception here. - Google “Googleyness interview questions”, and within the first 2 links you’ll find 90% of the questions asked.

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𝐈𝐓 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝 . . If you can move to #Bengaluru or #Hyderabad, there are rising jobs across all domains and all levels in IT. #Hyderabad and #Bangalore, with job clicks up by 161% and 80%, respectively. Hyderabad saw a 41.5% increase in IT job postings, while Bangalore experienced a 24% rise from April 2023 to April 2024. Despite a 3.6% decrease in IT job postings #nationwide due to economic uncertainties, the demand for specialized IT skills remains high. Job seekers are encouraged to focus on skills like #analysis, #agile methodologies, #APIs, #JavaScript, and #SQL to stand out in the competitive job market. Guys start your #preparations if you are looking for high-paying jobs in the mentioned #cities and get them soon. Keep the hustle on Guys !!! Stay tuned for more !!! Let's have a call if you have any queries -> https://shorturl.at/chuY5 Follow Sahil kapoor 😊

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Please ignore posts related to recruitment of a particular company unless it is posted by an employee of that company.. Because most of the companies are not hiring right now.. they are only doing the internal hiring process, for this the companies will also have to create job posts on their portal. #hiring

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I am still working at Amazon. But in last 2 months, I got 10+ job messages on Linkedin. Some of them are from your favourite companies. So curious me, asked recruiters, - isn't software job market down? - i never posted I am looking for a job. - i don't have "open to work" in my DP. Their response was - we found your LinkedIn profile to be interesting. Interesting? They replied, Yes, because you seems to know your s**t. (ok, this word could be bit exaggerated, but thats what they exactly meant) But, guess what? I have not optimised my linkedin for getting a job. But, it still works. I am not writing this to showoff. My point is: - software job market is getting better, in last 1 month. - my LinkedIn feed is filling again with job updates. - profits of big tech is on rise in last quarters. If you have been waiting for that dream career role, now is the perfect time before it gets too hot again And, in all of this, just resumes are not enough. You need your dynamic resume i.e. LinkedIn to be at its best. When I can get job calls with a profile not specifically targeted for jobs, then why can't you. So, spend sometime this week on your LinkedIn and Resume to make it attractive for recruiters. If you need help in updating both (linkedin + resume) with a single technique, DM me COACH.

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In interview: - how will you build Netflix, swiggy? - System design - Dynamic programming - State normalisation In job: - give margin to button - change the background colour - find bug for decimal rounding up. Don't make interviews too difficult for the sake of being difficult. Agree ❓ Follow more for updates Shubham Soni ❤️ Dm for long term mentorship ✌️ #connections #interview #linkedin #softwareengineet

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The HARD TRUTH is, if you start your career with a Low Salary, you will have to switch jobs to reach High salary. (as a Software Engineer) The HARD TRUTH is, Internal appraisals are very low. Internal promotion process is broken. (in most companies) low_appraisal% of low_salary = new_low_salary If you start with a low salary, switching jobs gets you much more salary hikes! That's the reason you will see a lot of highly paid software engineers (who started from a low salary) must have switched jobs frequently. So, If you're stuck in a low paying job, and have tried to get a raise or a promotion and FAILED, consider Switching your job! SALARY is as important as GOOD WORK Lastly remember, `If you're underpaid, it's YOUR fault.` Cheers, Akshay Saini 🚀 DISCLAIMER: Only switch your job if you really are underpaid. Don't be GREEDY. PS. `Greed has no cure` 🙂 #softwareengineer #javascript #salary #career

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The HARD TRUTH is, if you start your career with a Low Salary, you will have to switch jobs to reach High salary. (as a Software Engineer) The HARD TRUTH is, Internal appraisals are very low. Internal promotion process is broken. (in most companies) low_appraisal% of low_salary = new_low_salary If you start with a low salary, switching jobs gets you much more salary hikes! That's the reason you will see a lot of highly paid software engineers (who started from a low salary) must have switched jobs frequently. So, If you're stuck in a low paying job, and have tried to get a raise or a promotion and FAILED, consider Switching your job! SALARY is as important as GOOD WORK Lastly remember, `If you're underpaid, it's YOUR fault.` Credit - Akshay Saini 🚀 DISCLAIMER: Only switch your job if you really are underpaid. Don't be GREEDY. PS. `Greed has no cure` 🙂 #softwareengineer #javascript #salary #career

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Everyday we all see posts about recession, layoffs and bad market conditions. So, it is natural for new graduates to be concerned about the future. Heck, I would have been terrified too… But I understand your situation. Yes; There is a recession. But no; You won’t be unemployed as long as you upskill your way to good opportunities. Now is not the time to worry about the future because you are the one creating it! And THIS is the time to upskill. So, this summer, upgrade your skills or develop new ones which are currently high in demand through GFG - https://bit.ly/3xoiDaA From data science to DSA, choose whatever excites you and make yourself job-ready and irreplaceable. Keep upskilling and don’t overthink. Recession is temporary, upskilling should be the constant to beat the temporary. #GfGkarlohojayega #recession #interviewprep #dsa #algorithms #skills #adobe

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Every rejection email has this line, "After weeks of consideration, we have decided, not to move forward with your candidature" I seriously don't understand, "why does it take weeks to decide this?" "1/2 page ke resume ko padhne or decide karne me weeks kyo lag rhe hain...??" "Or chalo ho skta hai, time lga... !!!" Then don't write, "After weeks of consideration", "Tumne consider toh door, dekha bhi nahi hai....!!" "or jab dekha, Tab taq... 1. Ya to koi hire hogya us role me, 2. Ya headcount issue agaya... 3. Company loss me chali gai... etc etc.. then you are sending a rejection email, without giving the right reason, "toh yaha consideration kaha hain...???"

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