Multiple recruiters reached out concurrently, and they seem pretty disorganized with tracking candidates.
I ended up connecting with a great recruiter and did an Online assessment (OA). It then took forever to get lined up for a Full Interview loop. Over 2 months back and forth, applying to different teams after I did the OA with the help of the recruiter.
The quality of the interviewers during the full loop was pretty mixed. They didn't seem at all engaged, and one might have been multitasking. I wish it was in person. The questions themselves were mostly fair.
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Question 1
Every round included 15 minutes around leadership principles and then ~30 minutes to solve a technical problem.
One system design round and three coding ones.
Surprisingly easy — I expected tougher questions, but the coding round felt more like a warm-up. The main challenge was a DSA problem about counting islands in a 2D grid, which led to a discussion on DFS versus BFS and handling large grids. Funny enough, I had revisited that exact type of question while prepping on PracHub, which made me feel more confident. The interview wrapped up with a behavioral round, and I accepted an offer, but ultimately decided to decline it for another opportunity. Overall, it was a smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands — given a 2D grid of '1's (land) and '0's (water), count the number of connected islands. Walk through DFS vs BFS, and discuss how to avoid revisiting cells (in-place mutation vs visited set) and what changes if the grid is huge and must stream from disk.
It started with an OA, and then after a few weeks, I got invited to four rounds of interviews: technical and behavioral at 3 of the 4, and behavioral only at one.
Um teste de código online, se aprovado, vai para o loop. O loop é 4 entrevistas seguidas, duas em inglês e duas em português. 3 entrevistas técnicas de código, todas as 4 têm pergunta de liderança.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pergunta historicas baseada nos principios de lideranca da amazon.