Crack Amazon's OA for SDE roles — Work Simulation, Coding round breakdown, DSA focus areas, and a 6-week plan.
Every Amazon decision — including hiring — is filtered through Leadership Principles (LPs). The Work Simulation section tests LP alignment. Key ones for freshers: Customer Obsession, Dive Deep, Bias for Action, Deliver Results, Learn and Be Curious, Earn Trust. Read all 16 LPs and understand their nuances before the OA.
Tip: Align every answer with Amazon's 16 Leadership Principles. There are no trick answers — be consistently LP-aligned. Don't rush; consider each scenario carefully.
Tip: First, understand the problem fully before coding. Write a brute force first, then optimize. Test with edge cases before submitting.
Tip: These are psychometric games. Stay calm — they measure cognitive style, not knowledge. Practice similar games on Criteria Corp or Pymetrics.
Arrays & Two Pointers
Two Sum, Subarray Sum, Rotate Array
Hashing & Frequency Map
Top K Frequent, Group Anagrams
Sliding Window
Maximum Subarray, Longest Substring Without Repeat
Binary Search
Search in Rotated Array, Find Peak Element
Trees & BST
LCA, Level Order, Validate BST
Dynamic Programming
Coin Change, LIS, Edit Distance
Graph (BFS/DFS)
Number of Islands, Word Ladder
DSA Foundation
Arrays, Hashing, Two Pointers, Sliding Window — 3 problems/day
Trees, Graphs, Binary Search
Level Order, BFS/DFS, Binary Search variants — 3 problems/day
Dynamic Programming
Top 20 DP patterns — coin change, LIS, edit distance daily
Mock OA + LP Prep
Full Amazon OA simulation, read all 16 LPs, prepare STAR stories
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Amazon Interview Questions