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“the interview process was very rigorous i did not know most of the things they asked , but i was confident in what i know , also they asked practices which are used in day to day industry not just basic coding ”
“The process was structured, thoughtful, and generally well run. The interviews felt focused on practical judgment, problem-solving, communication, and how I approach ambiguous technical and product situations. I appreciated that the conversations were substantive rather than purely checklist-based. What went well was that I felt able to draw on real examples from my past work, especially around leading technical projects, working with customers, and making tradeoffs under uncertainty. The interviewers were engaged and asked good follow-ups, which made the discussions feel collaborative. What was harder was that some parts required being very concise while still giving enough technical depth. In a few moments, I probably could have structured my answers more clearly upfront before going into details.”
“It was really interesting to me since Microsoft PM interviews are known to test heavily (sometimes only) on behavioural as opposed to PM frameworks. However, my experience was mostly PM frameworks with an AI twist on them, which tripped me up a little bit. ”
“The process was standard, with a recruiter chat first, then scheduling round 1 with 2 PMs: 1 on product sense and the other on metrics. Product sense - the interviewer likes to know how you frame the problem, set goals, and how it ties with the overall company strategy. Make sure to be concise and walk users through problems to solutions before time is up.”
“Video recording with a couple questions. Panel style interview with 2 people. Final phone interview. ”
“The interview process for the Full Stack Developer role consisted of a take-home assessment followed by a final interview round. The take-home focused on practical software development and gave me an opportunity to demonstrate my coding approach, problem-solving skills, and ability to structure a solution independently. The final interview covered a mix of computer science fundamentals, technical problem-solving, and questions about my previous development experience. We discussed topics such as data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, databases, APIs, and general software engineering concepts. There were also questions about projects I had worked on and the technical decisions I made. Overall, the process was fairly well structured and provided a good balance between practical coding and theoretical knowledge. The interviewers were professional, and the final round allowed me to explain my reasoning and discuss my experience in more depth.”
“They care about their leadership principles. Focus on behavioral around these core tenets. I think that Amazon is adding more AI in their OA process, so would prepare for that.”
“Interview process was straightforward with standard components: Leetcode (2 rounds), System Design (2 rounds), Behavioural (1 round). Leetcode is of level Medium to Hard, with practice. You can probably do it.”
“I did the first round interview, which was surprisingly not with a recruiter it was with a PM. He deep dived on my resume and asked detailed questions from each experience.”
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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.”
