AWS virtual onsite - what to expect? (4 sessions)

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gHvR6

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gHvR6
Jul 30, 2020 14 Comments

I'm a new grad, currently have a virtual onsite lined up.

The recruiter sent me the following info on the sessions:
1. Sr. SDE with live coding link
2. Hiring manager, no coding link
3. SDE with live coding link
4. Sr. SDE with live coding link

I expect the second session to be purely LP based, but will the other 3 sessions also have a lot of LP questions?

The first session is with a Sr. SDE, does this mean I might get a LC hard right from the beginning?

I don't have much real world experience yet and I don't actually have stories for all of the LPs. Is it ok to tell them I don't have a story?

Will there be a "bar raiser", also for the entry level position I'm interviewing for?

Thank you for your time!

#amazonaws #amazon #interview

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  • New / Eng
    vnnb63

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    vnnb63
    Hey,
    I had interview at AWS on position SDE2 with similar sessions 3 months ago.

    My interview with hiring manager was System Design based.

    All sessions followed the same format:
    - 5 mins - introduction
    - 25 mins - LPs, I think that every round had 2 LPs
    25 mins - technical interview
    - 5 mins - ending questions and short break

    I think that it's not a good idea to tell them you can't answer specific LP.
    When I received LP question I wasn't prepared for I tried to use different answer, which wasn't a "great example" of expressing the specific LP, but was "good enough" instead.
    Maybe giving your lack of experience it would be acceptable, but still I wouldn't recommend it.

    You can get LC hard from any of them. My bar raiser (first round) asked me LP medium.
    Jul 31, 2020 3
    • New
      gHvR6

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      gHvR6
      OP
      How many LC questions were you asked during each 25-minute technical part?
      Jul 31, 2020
    • New / Eng
      vnnb63

      New Eng

      vnnb63
      I had 1 LC question per technical part. Usually there were 5-10 minutes of discussion on how some parts could be optimized or how some changes could be implemented.
      Jul 31, 2020
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    ydffr4659

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    ydffr4659
    “I don’t have a good story for that” makes it super easy for that interviewer to say not inclined.
    Jul 31, 2020 2
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    AMZ_Alum

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    Cat Lead at Amazon in the EU. Previously 12 years in CPG/FMCG Retail Marketing.
    AMZ_Alum
    It’s not ok to tell them that you don’t have a story. I’ve spent some time interviewing recent grads for non-tech roles in the EU, and I can tell you that they DO have stories. I would suspect that you have a few as well, you just need to figure out how to frame your answers :)
    Jul 31, 2020 0
  • Did u graduate already ?
    Jul 31, 2020 5