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“The question was a little harder than others. I didn't prep at all so didn't perform the best but it's just slightly harder leetcode”
“Overall interview process is really simple and easy. hr and engineers so humble. they mostly asked about how u use ai daily basis. how to finish your task using ai. basic coding and technical questions.”
“The Process was easy, even though I am in my final year of B.Tech. I would say basics from multiple domains or tech stacks are enough to get into Cognizant for freshers.”
“The process was pretty straight foward, normal resume based and basic oops/os concepts were asked along with dsa.”
“Everything was pretty standard but the system design stage. The interviewer was not that collaborative and it was hard to get the requirements even though I kept asking”
“The process was tedious but having some patience helps. Ask questions first solve later. Understand what is being asked. ”
“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”
“The process felt extremely fast and kind of rushed. It went from a short call to being flown out the next day to an on-site interview. The interview itself was decent. They asked about the hardest problems I've solved, and the technical question was reasonably straightforward. Given the timeline and rush, I didn't really feel like I had the space to make a clear-headed decision. There was also a two-week trial period they told me about, where you need to prove yourself and also see if the intensity is something you want.”
“Coding round went fine. Need to get to a working solution fast before polishing or optimizing approach. For the system design need to cover both frontend and backend pieces. Focusing on just one piece might not help your case. ”
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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.”
