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“It went really well, they were trying to confirm whether I actually solved the assessment on my own and understood my solution.”
“Interviewers were supporting, he was happy to repeat/rephase questions. Some of the questions I was blank even the question was super easy but I was not able to answer”
“The process was pretty standard, focused on Amazon leadership principles. Look up Exponent videos on how to answer behavioral questions.”
“What went well: interesting questions, everybody kind and smart. What didn't go well: I should have prepared more to tell about business impact.”
“The process was straightforward and detailed. All communications were done promptly and I was notified of every stage.”
“Very long process and dragged on for almost a month, more annoying considering the fact that I was still in the early stages of the process”
“✅ It felt tough Most candidates who do well say the loop was challenging. Amazon intentionally pushes beyond your comfort zone to see how you think, not just what you know. ✅ Multiple rounds in one day is mentally exhausting By Round 3 or 4, even strong candidates start feeling tired and become more self-critical. ✅ Technical + Bar Raiser The Bar Raiser round is designed to be harder. They often: Dig deeper into your stories Challenge assumptions Ask follow-up questions repeatedly Look for ownership, tradeoffs, and decision making Test areas outside your immediate expertise So feeling that the BR round was harder does not necessarily mean it went badly.”
“It was a long and tedious process but fairly simple and predictable. Have 2 strong stories for each leadership principle is good enough prep, be able to tweak as per the principle and the story is a good add on.”
“My overall Amazon New Grad SDE interview process was rigorous and fairly challenging. I had three rounds covering coding, Leadership Principles, and low-level design. The coding questions were not just about getting to a solution, but also about understanding long problem statements, handling edge cases, and explaining my thought process clearly. What went well was that I was able to work through the problems, respond to hints, and connect my past experiences to Amazon’s Leadership Principles with specific examples. The LP discussions were also very detailed, with multiple follow-ups that pushed me to explain tradeoffs, ownership, business impact, and how I handled feedback. What did not go as smoothly was the scheduling and communication. All three interviews were initially planned for the same day, but the third round was rescheduled on the day itself and happened around 15 days later. I also was not introduced to the interviewers beforehand, and the process felt mostly automated, so it required a lot of independent preparation”
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“The weirdest Anthropic round was the company values interview. It was almost like a therapy session, and honestly if you went to a therapist at some point, you will pass that round much more easily.”
“What was very unusual is they didn’t give me any tooling to draw the system design, so I just sketched it on a piece of paper and talked them through it, then we got into this oddly deep debate about whether hover-over history should count as a recommendation signal.”
