My Amazon Interview Experience | Software Engineer

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
  • Hey whoever comes across this!
    Technical interviews are super stressful, especially for new grads. I hope this video helps give you an idea of what a typical tech interview process is like and how to go about prepping.
    I did not end up accepting the offer but overall my interview experience was positive. My recruiter moved quickly and communicated well.
    Good luck and remember to not get discouraged if you don't get an offer! Take it as a learning experience and reapply. We have all been there.
    *** Extremely Helpful Resources ***
    DS and Algorithms and System Design Concepts
    Back to Back SWE / @backtobackswe
    System Design Interview
    / @systemdesigninterview
    Practice Problems
    hackerrank.com
    leetcode.com
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  • @keonkim3357
    @keonkim3357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    HEY I got into amazon thanks to you. I watched your video 2 weeks ago before onsite, I just got the offer for AWS. MUCH LOVE!!!!

    • @omgitsjakenjames
      @omgitsjakenjames ปีที่แล้ว

      How's it been? I keep getting hit up by their recruiters but have no desire to work for them tbh

    • @evanvenell5579
      @evanvenell5579 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah how’s it been? I’m about to take the assessment in a week

  • @NagashiChidorii
    @NagashiChidorii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow, for someone as young as you. I am thoroughly impressed by your maturity and smarts in handling all of this. Very impressive! I have 10 years of SWE experience and have crazy trouble sticking to a study schedule. I havent done algorithms and data structures like what Amazon tests for since college

  • @minirasamedova648
    @minirasamedova648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing your experience 🙏

  • @whatupjrk5275
    @whatupjrk5275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I watched this twice, like I got an Amazon interview coming up or something lol...very insightful tho! Ty 🙌🏾

  • @thomasfolbrecht5842
    @thomasfolbrecht5842 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for taking the time to make this video!

  • @RazmonTheArtist
    @RazmonTheArtist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    congrats on the offer! I have an oa next week, its my first interview and lowkey nervous lol

  • @thetruthsayer8347
    @thetruthsayer8347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the details.you earned a subscriber

  • @Andrew-hl7xq
    @Andrew-hl7xq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great, thanks for putting this out there!

  • @mehdijoe1
    @mehdijoe1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brief and helpful ! Thank you for that

  • @Summer50244
    @Summer50244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for sharing very much! I am preparing for Amazom SWE interview recently and I am a little bit nervious. This video has a lot of useful info. to me. Thanks!

    • @jogatavid
      @jogatavid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How did it go?

    • @Summer50244
      @Summer50244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jogatavid Thank you! I got another offer. I even don't have a successful OA link from Amazon becauseof its technical issue😅

  • @_-6912
    @_-6912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really informative. Thank you

  • @Daedalus675
    @Daedalus675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Insightful video 👍. I messed up my OA because I had been practicing Dynamic Programming questions and just out of habit, used an array in the OA questions when it was not even needed at all. Smh

    • @user-vm8yn4hb4w
      @user-vm8yn4hb4w 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Study various subject and sets.. called well known algorithm problem will help u which algorithm gonna use for solving problems

  • @TheCcrizZ
    @TheCcrizZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great stuff, please more tech vids!

  • @SymphOcta
    @SymphOcta 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful and so much information :)

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad it was helpful!

    • @SymphOcta
      @SymphOcta 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains so sweet ^^. I got one questionnn. Did they have a specific programming language you did the problems in? Like C++? Or can you choose the language? My strongest is Python atm and then C++.

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You could choose the language

  • @TruthTeller89
    @TruthTeller89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You gave me hope ❤️ I am prepping for the worst 🥶

  • @RatherBeCancelledThanHandled
    @RatherBeCancelledThanHandled 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome thanks for sharing

  • @abcde3397
    @abcde3397 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the nice video! It was really helpful:) Can I ask if you get the interview from student fair or you did apply directly?

  • @kermanpillay2614
    @kermanpillay2614 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video it really helped

  • @nototheilluminati
    @nototheilluminati 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey I am graduating next semester. I like the info, my question is what do you think set you apart to land the interview in the first place?

  • @3rd_iimpact
    @3rd_iimpact 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No, let’s make it a tech channel :D

  • @user-iz9ix8ru8d
    @user-iz9ix8ru8d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dread the behavioral interview questions more than the technical ones tbh

  • @joshuaholoman7116
    @joshuaholoman7116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You’re awesome!!!

    • @bryantfinn5950
      @bryantfinn5950 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess I am kind of off topic but do anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online ?

    • @colsonangelo8202
      @colsonangelo8202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bryant Finn i watch on Flixzone. You can find it on google :)

    • @milanzeke5409
      @milanzeke5409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Colson Angelo Yup, I have been watching on flixzone for years myself :D

    • @bryantfinn5950
      @bryantfinn5950 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Colson Angelo thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I appreciate it !

    • @colsonangelo8202
      @colsonangelo8202 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bryant Finn glad I could help xD

  • @nonyabizness577
    @nonyabizness577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i got asked the counting the number of players to level up (ranking) within the cutoff and counting the number of maximum area of 1's in a 2d matrix within 70 mins for the internship position y-y

  • @user-jd3pn4il7e
    @user-jd3pn4il7e 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey I do not know if you check this. I did the practice hackerbox they sent me before taking the real assessment. I found them to be two medium leetcode questions, did you find the demo to be harder than The actual assessment ?

  • @emandleni1735
    @emandleni1735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks

  • @Eltopshottah
    @Eltopshottah 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Than you

  • @sasa-od6rt
    @sasa-od6rt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omg girl me too. hackerrank words questions so bad it’s gives me so much anxiety I hate it

  • @aaradhanah5059
    @aaradhanah5059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For a second I thought you are Missandei from Game of Thrones, thanks for sharing

  • @riazmahom9770
    @riazmahom9770 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I have a question. I am in a similar job opportunity.. and I would love if you could help me out with some of the questions that I have. Would you be available?

  • @mojjammil
    @mojjammil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just had the coding test today and your video will surely be very insightful for me if I get to step forward to the next stages. Did you have on site interview or remotely? I was reached out from Amazon UC Dublin.

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      congrats on your interview i hope you move forward! i interviewed remotely

    • @mojjammil
      @mojjammil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@goldengirlgains thank you. It was pretty unexpected as I wasn't really prepared for it given I joined Nokia just six months ago but even if I don't move forward or get an offer, I'm sure I'll be thankful for this experience to make me more prepared in future when I'll be actively looking for an opportunity.

    • @mojjammil
      @mojjammil 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Makaveli1313 no but I learned how to handle such offers when the recruiters reach out to you even when you aren't actively looking for opportunities yet they would want you to sit for Algo tests. Just accept the offer to sit for the technical test after initial screening and then take your time to prepare - which even can be over a year 😂
      I currently have couple of such offers which I left hanging while I take my time to prepare and one of them is from Microsoft.

    • @mojjammil
      @mojjammil 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Makaveli1313 you actually don't need much preparations for onsite as those are very practical and not much about theoretical algo problems. At least from where I stand, as I don't have a CS degree and in day to day development, don't use much of algo at all, passing the initial coding test is where I get stuck. Live coding and behavioral interviews are breeze for me as I'm comfortable with those thanks to daily development practice.

  • @AnaVitoria-hj8uj
    @AnaVitoria-hj8uj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hey! My tech&behavioral interview will be next week and I am wondering if dynamic programming is a topic that might be evaluated. What do you think? It is possible?

    • @user-vm8yn4hb4w
      @user-vm8yn4hb4w 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should study hard if DP or greedy problem come out

  • @j.foontb.1113
    @j.foontb.1113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Did you able to solve all tech questions? I did my onsite interview yesterday and couldn’t finish them cause run out of time. Thank you for sharing this!

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i was able to finish the questions. nice i hope your interview went well!

    • @NagashiChidorii
      @NagashiChidorii 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are still doing onsites during the pandemic? What about for an SWE with 10 years of experience?

  • @marceloverdugo3954
    @marceloverdugo3954 ปีที่แล้ว

    hello, how are you saying? you mean, what were they asking you about Data Structure? What you mention, in this video, is not minor, I mean, it is an intermediate to advanced level, in Computer Science. Thanks dear friend.

  • @annsgal2025
    @annsgal2025 ปีที่แล้ว

    What was the reason you rejected Amazon and chose another offer ?

  • @seuconrado3365
    @seuconrado3365 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got this interview coming up. How can I get in contact with you?

  • @kuyajag6369
    @kuyajag6369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I agree with you. I solved the 2 coding questions (which I think not that hard) but I only passed like 12 of 16 test cases, would that be okay? It's more on code optimization. Also, how many interviewers did you talk to?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im not sure how they judge the online technical assessment. i would imagine that depends on the level of difficulty of the question. And in total I had 7 or 8 interviewers.

    • @kuyajag6369
      @kuyajag6369 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains wow! Thats a lot of interviews!Anyway, thanks for the info :)

    • @_lphad8388
      @_lphad8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you share you experience please?

    • @kuyajag6369
      @kuyajag6369 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_lphad8388 i did not pass the online technical assessment. You need to pass maybe 90% of the test cases, must optimize your code the fastest it could run.

  • @Cyborg1170
    @Cyborg1170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very impressed in your smarts. Someone young that is able to go so far. You need to share the knowledge with the rest of us brothas. Peace.

  • @monsterhunter445
    @monsterhunter445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dynamic programming is my major weakness 😵

  • @shakirasunshinez
    @shakirasunshinez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a phone screen interview tomorrow for Amazon in New York and I am kinda nervous lol. I don't know if it will go well but if it does I guess I will have to get on that leetcode studying

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      congrats on the interview hope it goes well!

    • @shakirasunshinez
      @shakirasunshinez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains thank you! I guess it went well since he sent an online assessment my way after that. I barely studied like a day though. Only solved one of the two coding questions :(

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      youll get it next time !

    • @shakirasunshinez
      @shakirasunshinez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains thanks! They ended up asking me to do a chime interview after the OA but I don’t think my interviewers were impressed because it’s been almost two weeks and I haven’t heard back 😅

    • @ericaltenburg
      @ericaltenburg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shakirasunshinez give them a nudge. On their interview prep site they say they try to get back within 2 days, and to email them if it’s been longer

  • @nikalmorgan3821
    @nikalmorgan3821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have that study guide?

  • @RexZShadow
    @RexZShadow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What did you feel like your onsite interview questions were at like med on hacker rank? I did the OA and did find to extremely easy. Waiting on email to schedule on virtual on site. Curious to how difficult the questions get. I do find easy on hackrank and stuff is like overly easy where medium seem like a huge bump up.

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i totally feel the same way. the onsite i felt was at medium on hackerrank. the questions were definitely very fair no like wordy ones or trick questions like some of the medium ones on hackerrank

    • @NagashiChidorii
      @NagashiChidorii 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains Did they make you do any white boarding during the on site? Or any programming on the browser or just specific questions?

  • @arnamoy10
    @arnamoy10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi were the questions asked similar to Leetcode premium questions for Amazon company?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I dont know ive never used leetcode premium

  • @YoungDev98
    @YoungDev98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    commenting for more reach!

  • @leoneldjatio9549
    @leoneldjatio9549 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn’t you accept the offer?

  • @nqobilemhlanga3303
    @nqobilemhlanga3303 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm doing my Amazon New Grad OA soon and I'm quite nervous

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You got this! Dont be afraid to ask your recruiter for a week extension if you need a little more prep time. they are usually pretty accommodating

  • @rishikaul22
    @rishikaul22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much time did it take for the recruiter to get in touch with you, after you submitted the online assessment?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it was pretty quick. The next day i believe

    • @rishikaul22
      @rishikaul22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@goldengirlgains thanks! Wishing you the best for the channel😊

  • @kamgarostand4343
    @kamgarostand4343 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your awesome experience! Please can i know why to didn't accept the offer?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure thing! I was interviewing with multiple companies and decided to go with another offer

  • @radwaneberredai6622
    @radwaneberredai6622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    what type of projects for getting interview

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For an entry level role, I suggest anything that demonstrates your coding ability thats relevant to your interests. So maybe contributing to open source, creating a web/mobile app, visualizing/analyzing datasets, experimenting with different APIs etc.

  • @adamkou5475
    @adamkou5475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For my Amazon interview, I spent a month, 8 hours a day, 7 days a week to prepare!

    • @eduardouriegas1775
      @eduardouriegas1775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow and how well did you did?

    • @adamkou5475
      @adamkou5475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eduardouriegas1775 I did well enough that they hired me, but poorly enough that they downgraded me to L4 (originally interviewing for L5). I was able to get to L5 relatively quickly, but it's a lot of paper works to get promoted at Amazon. So it's really better to just get in as L5. Obviously, given the stress of interview, it's easier said than done.

    • @eduardouriegas1775
      @eduardouriegas1775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamkou5475 Wow, it really pays out studying hard!

    • @adamkou5475
      @adamkou5475 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eduardouriegas1775 Honestly, I don't think my study helped me a lot, technically speaking. I am not a person who does well under stress. So I had to psychologically convince myself that I was super super well prepared. A less anxious and calmer person should not need the amount of preparation I did.

    • @eduardouriegas1775
      @eduardouriegas1775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@adamkou5475 Ooh I see, at least you took action about it. Btw thanks for sharing your experience Adam.

  • @Mohib3
    @Mohib3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    which language did you take the interview in?

  • @maximeclavel
    @maximeclavel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you pick your programming language?

  • @LofiwithShamique
    @LofiwithShamique 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What language did you use?

  • @CarlJohnson-iv7sn
    @CarlJohnson-iv7sn ปีที่แล้ว

    6:04

  • @ShivaPrasad-hm5lk
    @ShivaPrasad-hm5lk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Scarlett johnson?

  • @goddamn3747
    @goddamn3747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you provide us your study guide so that we can use as an additional note?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im going to be aggregating my study resources and interview questions for all the companies I interviewed with soon. Will post an update when i so

    • @yahyaabdulhakeem7969
      @yahyaabdulhakeem7969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains Same request please, I am in the final round and I have an onsite interview coming

    • @_lphad8388
      @_lphad8388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yahyaabdulhakeem7969 how did it go? Can you share your experience?

    • @NagashiChidorii
      @NagashiChidorii 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldengirlgains Any updates golden girl?

  • @YoungDev98
    @YoungDev98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    btw, could you get an offer?

    • @goldengirlgains
      @goldengirlgains  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes i ended up getting an offer

    • @YoungDev98
      @YoungDev98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@goldengirlgains congratulations 👏

  • @shivamjalotra7919
    @shivamjalotra7919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like your hair.

  • @bigtymer4862
    @bigtymer4862 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Golang?

  • @AP-dn5si
    @AP-dn5si 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is so awesome to see a all natural black woman no weave ,no long nails non of that crap which to me is a turn off you're so BEAUTIFUL I almost forgot what I came here for

    • @annsgal2025
      @annsgal2025 ปีที่แล้ว

      All you could notice was her race and looks ? Pathetic!!

  • @oneplusone2195
    @oneplusone2195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do a proper haircut

  • @azizabrougui8301
    @azizabrougui8301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's your Instagram?

  • @dibri
    @dibri 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    what's your twitter