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- Amazon Alexa system design questions Hi, I have an onsite with Alexa team. Do they ask OOD questions or real system design questions on "system design" round? Anyone knows?
- L5 systems engineer in Alexa team Expecting an offer from alexa team in sunnyvale any clue on what to expect and how to negotiate for a better offer. Current TC:- 130k
- Amazon Devices (Alexa) team system design Does anyone know what kind of system design questions are asked for amazon devices team ? I'm guessing it will be device related but there aren't too many examples online. Any help will be appreciated...
- Sample System design questions for Amazon Alexa sde2 roles. Apart from LPs and DS/Algo, they seem to have one round of System design. Any insights/help will be highly appreciated.
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- Need inputs for Amazon Alexa sde2/sde1 leetcode problems, system design and interview questions. Interview in 2 weeks. I want to know which leetcode problems I need to focus on and which system design questions I need to primarily focus on. Please help! #tech #amazon #alexa #sde2
- Amazon sde2 team matching Got through amazon onsite recently for L5, onto team matching. Any thoughts on the following teams? I am interested in Infra / large scale systems, so leaning towards Alexa data infra. Pointers on WLB, culture, politics, projects would be helpful. - Ads API infra - Alexa shopping - Alexa data infra
- Amazon Alexa upcoming onsite Hi! I’ve got an upcoming interview, SDE 2, with the Alexa (probably Alexa Devices) team. I’m looking for last minute focus points before my scheduled interview (next week). Also would like to understand the degree of depth that’s expected in the SD rounds. Prep period: 1 month Prep items: LC - Top
- Amazon Alexa team interview I have an onsite interview with Alexa team for sde2. Any insights on what kind of questions are asked for system design and object oriented design?
- Interview with Alexa I have an on-site interview with Alexa the next week. I have leadership principles covered with examples fromy past experiences. I am pretty decent with System Design/ Architecture. What level of LC should I expect in the interviews. I was told expect part of each interview to cover LP. Have been do
- AI System Design Interviews How to prepare for AI/ML/NLP system Design interview questions? Example: Design scalable Autocomplete (billions of users) Design scalable Autocorrection Google search engine Search Friends on Fb #google#search#alexa#apple#bing#microsoft #amazon
- vote NVIDIA vs Apple vs Amazon Lab126 I currently have three offers and I'm trying to gauge which role would be best careerwise. I don't want to pigeon hole myself and I just want to know which companies/roles would get me the best mobility in the future. NVIDIA - Systems Integration HW Role, Working on setting system power policies an
- Amazon SDE 3 vs SDE 2 I have cleared telephonic and initial coding round with Amazon. I have two options now. 1. go for SDE 3 role with one more round of telephonic which decides if I should go for SDE3 or SDE2. Team Core Alexa. 2. Go for SDE2 onsite directly with Amazon Search Customer Experience team. Any inputs are
- Hiring Software Development Engineers - Amazon I am hiring for SDE1, 2 positions in my team. Please PM me if interested. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS · 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience · Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design · 1+ years o
- I am looking for data scientist or machine learning engineer referals Hello guys, a little background: I am currently a data analyst on the Alexa team, I am also a new grad Msc Information systems, specialised in Data Science (graduated in May). I feel like now is the time to make a switch. I am interested in opportunities in the boston area. Thanks
- Amazon Sr. TPM Alexa Team Preparing for Sr. TPM role on the Alexa team. I have an engineering background, led a lot of programs in my previous career, but I do not have coding or systems design experience. How difficult can this role before for someone with no tech background? How should I prepare for the interviewing?
- vote Amazon team matching suggestions Hi all, I recently received my team matching options from Amazon (SDE II - L5). 1. SAIF Haven - Seattle 2. Smart Home GUI - Irvine 3. Alexa Music Skills Playback Experience - Seattle 4. Prime Video - Content Selection Management - Contracts - Culver City 5. Alexa Health - Berkeley 6. Music Technol
- Hiring SDE2, SDE3 at Amazon Alexa guys, we have massive openings in Alexa, hit me up with 1: a link to your resume(no virus please) 2. your name, email, phone number to reach the positions we are recruiting are backend engineers. make sure your leetcode skill and system design skill is good. min 5 yoe. location: Seattle, Palo Alt
- visible work project? hi guys my manager fave me the project. i need to measure the accuracy and error analysis of alexa system. Is it a good project to appeal for the promo later or just non visible work? im very new to industry and still dont have an idea what is the visible work for the promo🐛🐛🐛
- Rejected after on-site round at Amazon, no feedback given and recruiter says feel free to apply to other jobs at amazon Recently went through an on-site round of amazon Alexa and after that recruiter emailed me that they won’t be moving forward. But didn’t mention about cooling period(6 months) and said that my application would be in system for other hiring managers and recruiters for consideration. Recruiter even m
- Amazon Alexa Shopping vs Amazon A9 Last comments about Alexa shopping suggest staying away from the organization, are there any updates on the topic? Specially the greenfield backend teams.. How is it compared to A9 search customer experience team? Looking for a place that will give me solid backend experience, and understanding of
- Amazon Alexa shopping onsite interview - SDE II Hi there. TL;DR I'll have an on-site interview in Bay Area soon, and I'd like to get some advices from Blind users. Should I expect more System Design and LP, or they will focus more on LC/DS/algo? (like they do for SDE I interviews?) I've read that Alexa shopping is not a org under Alexa, and it
- Is the Udacity data engineering nano degree worth it? I am currently a data analyst on an Alexa team and I am thinking of making a move to become a data engineer, this means I need a little skills upgrade. Is the Udacity data engineering nano degree worth the squeeze and the money? If not, what would you recommend? I already have an MSc. in Information
- Does any of the below orgs in amazon have WLB? I have amazon recruiters inviting me to interview with their org from AWS, Ops tech, Devices Org, Selection and Catalog Systems, e-Commerce (alexa), Operations Technology, eCommerce Services. I am not looking to work in a ground shattering org which will have huge impact and generate tons of revenu
- Amazon Alexa Engine How are the teams in the Alexa Engine division, in terms of WLB and on call duties? Is it one of the more stressful teams? Also, any tips on their interview process? Not sure if Amazon standardizes its interviews across company or if it is more team specific. I know I will be getting 3 LC rounds an
- vote Amazon Interview Dilemma I have an upcoming Amazon virtual "on-site" interview for SDE-2. The recruiter asked me to prepare system design questions including databases etc (3 coding rounds and 1 system design). Since I don't have much background there it got me thinking if its worth a shot or not. I'm skilled in system soft
- Amazon Onsite Preparation Hi guys, I have an Amazon onsite in a month time. I’m applying with the Alexa team SDE II position with 3 years of experience. This is my first time interviewing with a FANG company and could really use some advice here. I’ve been practicing mainly on DS/Algo using Leetcode and EPI. I haven’t eve
- Help with L7 Product M Tech interview / Alexa Could anyone share what sort of questions I can expect in the tech interview? I have the loop next week with the Alexa org, so any tips and pointers will be appreciated. Searched old posts but couldn't find much. The recruiter left it pretty open with it could be system design or about my current w
- amazon alexa i have my interview with amazon alexa in boston this month, and my recruiter said that level placement would be based on system design. I was unclear what level of position i was interviewing for, but it seems the suggestion is all interviews are the same and if i do super well/less well on design
- Interview for sr. Tpm - Amazon Alexa science team Hi all, I am currently a tpm from a non-FANG company, and in a week will be interviewing on-site for a sr. Tpm role at the Alexa science team in Pittsburgh. I am wondering if anyone can shed some lights on the technical part - would it be more focus on the traditional system design/distributed sys
- Amazon onsite Hi guys I have an onsite comming up with Amazon for an Alexa team. I have 2 YOE and I was wondering if someone could give me some insights on the process. I would be grateful for any tips/advice/sources for OOD and System Design and specifically OOD. Lastly with regards to leetcode I was wondering I
- Amazon Alexa AI SDE onsite interview I am using someone else's account, so I don't work at Rubrik. I have an Amazon Alexa AI onsite interview coming up. I am a master's student in my final year in data science. In the past I have worked as a Strat/ Quant at Goldman Sachs for 3 years. I have not done a lot of core computer science class
- Amazon manager applied science compensation I'm interviewing for a manager, applied science (Alexa) role. This is a hands on management role with team management, system design and coding responsibilities. Three are not enough info out there on applied scientists and their managers' compensation. I've read and heard from current Amazonians
- Constant stream of recruiters from Amazon, what's going on? over the last 7 months 10 Amazon recruiters from all different orgs have emailed or sent me a message on Linkedin. I've been polite with all of them and told them that I'm not looking for anything new, but they just keep coming. they do NOT talk at all to each other do different parts of Amazon (Al
- link Catalog of FAANG interview information Hey Blind, I'm currently interviewing for SWE positions at several companies and periodically read Rooftop Slushie to help with my interviews. I made a reading list and I picked out some posts that were helpful for me which I organized by company. There aren't tons of posts about SWE for every comp
- vote Amazon Alexa Smart Home vs VMware-Propel offer Hi! I am currently doing my Masters in the US, graduating in Dec-2020. I got an offer (SDE-1) from Alexa Smart Home team and another one from VMware-Propel program for MTS-2 (Propel program is one where you work in two different BUs in the first year and then finally decide on which team you want t
- Amazon Cool off period Bombed a SDE interview full loop few weeks back and was told by the recruiter to try again in about an year. ( totally I was at fault, should have had mock interviews before since I am out looking for opportunities nearly after spending close to a decade with my current employer ) I got reached out
- vote Industry Machine Learning Project Success? Hi All, I’ve worked in ML for some time now. ML shows great promise in mass market products (Google Search, Photos, Face Lock in phones, okish self-driving etc.) But looking at the success of ML in these products, businesses everywhere are trying to use ML for their problem, and think of it like a m
- 800+ leetcode and top 1k or better in contest still no FAANG or new offer Been trying for more than a year. Failed Amazon twice. Google, FB, MSFT, Apple and Zoom. All on-sites. So close yet so far. I consistently do LC, even in contests. I’m at my wits end sacrificing my 20s in chase for stability. most of the time, it’s the speed that costs me. Even the math/stat ba
- link Principal Product Manager Alexa interview prep Has anybody here gone thru a virtual interview loop for Principal Product Manager at Amazon Alexa? I would appreciate some tips on: 1) Types of interviews - leadership/behavioral, technical..? 2) How many interviews of each type? 3) Is there a virtual Whiteboard available like Google uses Jamboard?
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- vote SWE Offer selection - Google vs FB vs Amazon I have these three offers (final offers) as an L4 / E4 Software Engineer generalist in Bay Area. Looking for some advice with picking one not just based on TC but in terms of - * High growth. (I've been a bit complacent recently). * SWE to MLE transition, opportunities to work on ML starting as a SW
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- Failed Amazon on-site interview, but couldn't get even general feedback why. Ideas for improvement? Sorry in advance for the long post. I've tried to organize it from most to least relevant. Had an on site for Sr. Software Engineer in Alexa group. The recruiter informed me that it was "very close" and they "really enjoyed talking to me" and they would contact me again in the future, but probabl
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- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
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