Onsite interview: Amazon world wide advertising

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vDoU61

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vDoU61
Nov 22, 2018 7 Comments

I have an upcoming onsite interview with Amazon world wide advertising in Palo Alto.
Any tips on what to expect?
Role: SWE
Yoe: ~6yrs
TC: ~300k
Also, any feedback about the team and the kind of work they do would also be useful.
I want to get SDE-3 offer. Recruiter said leveling would be based on interview performance. Can anyone confirm?
Any tips on how to get SDE-3 offer?

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  • Amazon / Eng
    vLfK28

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    vLfK28
    Make sure they put you in SDE 3 loop. Also to clear SDE3 loop you have to be better than 50% of current SDE3 engineers. It's much easier to get promoted internally than come from outside as sde 3
    Nov 22, 2018 1
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      ऐमज़ॉन

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      ऐमज़ॉन
      False
      Its much easier to get hired as an SDE3 instead of getting promoted internally.

      HR will lie to you and tell you will be top of the band L5 and would be promoted. Promotion to L6 needs 2-3 solid L6 level projects which will take at-least 1.5 years.
      Nov 22, 2018
  • Amazon / Eng
    Abu hatela

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    Abu hatela
    Make sure you do an sde 3 loop and not an sde 2 one.
    Nov 22, 2018 0
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    kmcY20

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    kmcY20
    System design, have good leadership examples of mentoring and influencing decisions without authority. Be ready with examples of challenging technical and organizational situations. I think I know who you're interviewing with. They tend to be really nice so any friction will be a negative.
    Nov 22, 2018 0
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    QbrO30

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    QbrO30
    The big thing that your interviewers will be looking for when determining sde-2 or sde-3 is how good your system design is (at the service or inter-service level). If you get onto a sde-3 loop be ready for questions more oriented around design than pure coding skill.
    Nov 22, 2018 0
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    vDoU61

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    vDoU61
    OP
    @everyone, thanks for the help. I had one basic question: is the level pre-allocated, or is that decided after the interview?
    Nov 22, 2018 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      Abu hatela

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      Abu hatela
      Pre allocated in most cases.People who interview SDE 3 candidates are different/senior than who interview SDE 2 candidates ,thus the loop has to be pre set for that level
      Nov 23, 2018