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“The engineer was good, worked with you to solve the problem. I confused between LRU and LFU which I think was the major problem.”
“Both core rounds went okay-ish so far. The DSA round was strangely fixated on trees (weird) —the one topic I had not really prepared in-depth for Amazon—and was too focused on DP, strings, sliding window, LCS, and the type of stuff Amazon usually focuses on.”
“OA was easy, interview was 2, 1 hour rounds with 30m behavioral and 30m technical. Asking mostly about how you use AI and technicals were typical LC style questions with one being a bit more vague”
“It went well and answered all questions. and did both leetcode questions asked one in each interview”
“Good. Communication needs to be good and technically sound you need to be.Overall, the interview process was well structured and gave me a good opportunity to understand both the role and the team. I particularly enjoyed the technical discussions, as they were practical and allowed me to explain my thought process rather than just arrive at a final answer. The interviewers were engaging, and the conversations gave me a clearer picture of the kind of problems the team works on. What went well was the quality of the discussions and the opportunity to interact with people from different parts of the team. I also appreciated that the interviews covered both technical depth and broader problem-solving. The main area that could have been better was the scheduling and communication around the different stages. At times, there was some uncertainty around timelines and next steps. More visibility into the overall process and expected timelines would have made the experience smoother. Overall, though, I found the process positive and enjoyed meeting the team.”
“Preparation: I had a solid understanding of the role and prepared thoroughly with coding practice, system design concepts, and mock interviews. Confidence in Communication: I introduced myself clearly, asked clarifying questions when needed, and explained my thought process step by step. Problem-Solving Approach: Even when I didn’t immediately know the answer, I broke problems down logically, discussed possible approaches, and showed adaptability. Technical Strengths: I performed well in areas I had practiced extensively, such as data structures, algorithms, and SQL queries.”
“1. Recruiter reached me out on LinkedIn 2. OA - you don't have to be perfect 3. Technical Screen (fail) 4. loop interview ”
“HR is amazing. The first company in Australia I encountered that arrange a time for phone screen and confirmation beforehand but not random call candidates at any time.”
“interviewer wasn't trying to get the perfect solution, but directed me to cover the most important bits by asking the right questions such as how to handle negative numbers ”
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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.”
