interviewed at Amazon, had phone technical, gave most efficient solution (had solved on lc). get reply from recruiter saying no on-site with no feedback other than it was mostly because of the problem solving. has anyone else encountered this situation while interviewing? if so, did you just chalk it up to bad luck and move on? yoe: 3
Might have been the communication and how you conveyed the response AND/OR the fact that you just gave the most efficient solution (depending on how you communicated it, could easily be interpreted as “oh they saw this on leetcode and are blindly regurgitating). That might’ve raised enough doubt for them to not feel comfortable moving on.
Good point. I’ve got Facebook and google coming up soon so I guess I’ll act dumb next time haha.
Don’t act dumb. They’ll know you’re acting. Just explain all the possible approaches and the trade offs before you begin.
Had same experience. Solved the problem and explained it’s complexity. The interviewer was satisfied or that’s how it seemed. Was surprised to see the reject .Pressed the recruiter for feedback and she came with a generic response on the lines of - “ ...not satisfied during interview “ And I was wondering for days as to what went wrong. I now think that it had to do with the first part of the interview where he asked questions like - what was the most challenging problem ...how did customer receive it...why amazon..why change of job...Guess answers to those failed to impress :( You too could look at other aspects of the interview. Did u feel at anytime that the interviewer was switching off..or appearing impatient...doesn’t have to be fair or correct ...just if it happened. It might give u a clue ..if not, don’t overthink. Good luck for next time.
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