Does Amazon want a perfect interview - where candidate makes no mistake at all (in functional topics). If not, What kind of mistakes have you seen overlooked? In an SDM interview, I made a mistake in coding round. Wondering if it is going to cost me the offer. Rest of all the interviews went very well. Details: First level of code I wrote very well on the white board. Interviewer made the problem a bit harder, I explained the algorithmic changes I'll make. In implementing these changes, I made careless mistake.
Definitely overlooked. My orientation was 250 people just for that week. You think the thousands of people Amazon is hiring all had perfect interviews?
Seems like they had to perform perfectly. Either that or they were returning interns where the bar is far lower.
Ha... It reminds me of my orientation years ago which had 100 people for that week. The layoffs started a year later.
Unfortunately I have come to believe that they want 100% perfection from you. Just to sound reasonable and not to turn talent away, everybody says small mistakes are fine blah blah “we are looking at the way you attack the problem” . My hands on experience is all that is BS.
+1 It is absolute and unabashedly pure and raw liquid bullshit. Lying through their teeth.
Lmao somebody got rejected for being a dumbass
All they want is good answers to the questions pertaining to Leadership principles. If they are good, functional mistaked will be overlooked.
I keep hearing about this. Is LC not as important for Amazon?
That is good to hear m3ajak6! Will post my result here once I know. Fingers crossed!
I interview SDEs. Haven't rejected anyone for making mistakes. Rejected countless people for not being able to find and fix their mistakes. I imagine coding bar for management is not any higher.
Sorry, you must be 100% perfect. If your handshake is the wrong firmness or you splash in the urinal it is instant reject