Harsh Vardhan Patel

SDE @ Amazon | CSE @ NIT P | AI/ML Enthusiast

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[Gaurish Baliga @gaurishcodes]

My mentor at Rubrik was a super talented chinese principal engineer. One golden piece of advice he gave me was:

“Learn to build a strong opinion on things. No strong engineer you look upto just says yes to everything”

This has been a game changer.

Learn to reason and be vocal with your reasoning. Its okay to be wrong, you can always correct your understanding.

You are hired to reason out decisions and build great products, not to bootlick.

[Harsh Vardhan Patel @_harsh_p]

Some people are not even using a good resume format.

You may use the following good industry standards format if are applying in tech.

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[Asmit @coolcoder56]

Amazon SDE-1 Interview Experience for 46 LPA

Timeline

28 Jan – OA
5 Feb – Hiring Interest Form
25 Mar – Recruiter call for interview scheduling
27 Mar – Technical Round 1 & Technical Round 2
15 Apr – Hiring Manager Round
30 May – Bar Raiser Round
Final Result – Rejected!

Someone shared his interview experience with Amazon for SDE - 1 position online.

Online Assessment :

Solved both coding questions.
Completed the Work Style and Behavioral Assessment.

Technical Round 1
Questions

Number of Islands
Median of Data Stream
Solved both optimally with discussion on time/space complexity and follow-ups.

Technical Round 2
Questions

Minimum Cost to Connect Ropes
Divide students into 2 groups such that enemies are not in the same group (Bipartite Graph / Graph Coloring)
Solved and coded both.
One mistake

Initially said graph coloring complexity was O(V × E), then corrected it to O(V + E) after the interviewer challenged me.
After 12 days I received the invite for the Hiring Manager round.

Hiring Manager Round

HM joined about 5 minutes late.
Questions
Variation of Find All Anagrams
Minimum Cost to Combine Garlands (same concept as ropes)
Reached optimized solutions for both.

Mistakes
Couldn't properly derive the brute-force complexity for the first problem.
Code for the first problem became a little messy.
Missed an overflow edge case in the second problem until the interviewer hinted about maximum values, after which I realized long should be used instead of int.

Then came the longest wait.
I sent 6 follow-up emails without any response. Eventually I assumed my journey had ended because I didn't feel my HM round was perfect.
But after exactly 40 days, I unexpectedly received the invitation for the final Bar Raiser round.

Bar Raiser Round (1 Hour)

This round was almost entirely focused on Leadership Principles.
Topics discussed:
A challenge I solved
Missing a deadline
A problem I identified myself
Simplifying a process
The interviewer challenged me heavily on:

Whether my first story was actually challenging
Rate limiting decisions
Geofencing approach
Trade-offs and decision making
The first 15–20 minutes felt quite intense because of continuous probing, but the discussion became much smoother afterward and lasted the full hour.
Looking back
Things that may have gone against me:

My first BR story may not have demonstrated enough complexity.
My stories didn't have massive scale or business impact.
I had a few minor technical mistakes during the interview loop.
Things I'm happy about:
Solved every coding question.
Reached optimal approaches on my own.
Didn't require coding hints.

Answered BR follow-up questions throughout the interview.
Owned my mistakes instead of trying to defend them.
Biggest learnings
Keep talking through your thought process—interviewers evaluate reasoning, not just answers.
Avoid long silences—even partial ideas are better than saying nothing.

Show confidence in your decisions, backed by reasoning.
Own mistakes immediately—it builds credibility.
Clearly establish the challenge before explaining your solution.

Understand the "why" behind every metric or impact you mention.
Prepare Leadership Principles as seriously as DSA.
One imperfect round rarely decides the outcome—the overall pattern matters.

Don't judge your performance based on your own feelings after the interview.
Control what you can: preparation, communication, attitude, and consistency.

Although I didn't receive an offer, reaching the final Bar Raiser round at Amazon was an experience.

[Harsh Vardhan Patel @_harsh_p]

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Just wrapped up an enlightening session on API basics with Postman! 🚀
The session includes Intro to APIs and Postman, Requests and Response with HTTPS methods like GET, POST, PUT,PATCH, and DELETE.Also got hands-on experience! Ready to level up!💡
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