Amazon advertising onsite interview

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cztb7s
Jul 16, 2019 17 Comments

I have an on-site interview with Amazon advertising for SDE.
Can someone help me with some details of this interview?
How many technical rounds and what kind of questions can we expect ?

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  • Amazon / Eng
    TTAWSSSD

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    TTAWSSSD
    Other than the LPs, technical interviews have what we called competencies:

    1. Problem Solving - probe your logical deduction skills and coding that solution out. Typically you will see problems that may require an “aha” or some sort of deduction. This is (should) never be any brain teaser or puzzles.

    2. Data structure and Algorithms - aimed at testing your knowledge on using data structure to solve problems. Typically you will required to use two data structures together to achieve optimal solution. You may also get tested on BFS or DFS. Often this is disguised as a business problem.

    3. Logical and maintenance - Aimed at testing your coding good practices like extensibility, open close principals, separation of concerns. This will mostly likely disguised in some sort of business problem and will sound very vague. Don’t lose sight and go for the technical solution then pull back and make sure your code is well written. Remember to write classes down and use OO principals but this is NOT system design so don’t over.

    4. System Design - Aimed at testing your ability to deal with ambiguity, design with scale, availability and efficiency. Go beyond just OO practice and talk about database, system interactions, separation of concern AND MAKE TRADE OFFs. Explain your trade off based on what’s being asked.

    Each of these categories are done in an hour with 1 or 2 LP questions before asking this. Don’t think that LP questions can be skimmed over, I have seen many times LP answers failed the candidate. PM me if you have more questions and good luck!
    Jul 17, 2019 1
  • Amazon / Project
    rsMM06

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    rsMM06
    SDE candidates often fall flat in their faces in the LP part...which is most of the interview!! Come well prepared
    Jul 19, 2019 1
    • BBDO
      sxYo02

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      sxYo02
      I think most of us spend all our time on the coding/tech that when we get asked "Tell me a time where you mentored someone" we just look like deer in headlights and crash and burn.
      Jul 21, 2019
  • New
    Zaqe78

    New

    Zaqe78
    Jul 16, 2019 0
  • How did it end up going?
    Nov 2, 2019 0
  • Amazon
    Spheres@19

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    Spheres@19
    It's a great time to get into Amazon Ads related teams. Pretty standard interview process, and like the other reply said, there would be a strong focus on LPs if you are interviewing for SDE 2+ or if you have 3-4+ YoE.
    Jul 16, 2019 0