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Amazon
Engineering Manager
Amazon·Posted 1 month ago · Apr 2026

The overall interview process consisted of a recruiter screen, a technical call with the hiring manager, a written narrative exercise, and a 5-round virtual loop focusing on System Design, People Management, Operational Excellence, Cross-Functional Leadership, and a Bar Raiser round, with each module heavily testing Amazon’s Leadership Principles using the STAR method. What went well was my ability to deliver structured, data-driven answers that dedicated most of the time to my direct actions as a leader while anchoring results in concrete business metrics. I successfully demonstrated core Leadership Principles like Customer Obsession and Hire and Develop the Best through explicit examples of team growth, performance management, and architecture trade-offs, effectively balancing high-level business strategy with technical depth during system design discussions. What didn’t go as well was my initial tendency to credit the team using "we" instead of "I," which required interviewers to interrupt and probe for my specific individual contributions. Additionally, I mismanaged pacing in one round by spending too much backstory time setting up an operational failure scenario, which left little time for long-term preventative fixes, and I initially got bogged down optimizing a single database schema during system design rather than outlining the full end-to-end architecture first

3 rounds6 questions
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GNC Engineer Intern
Blue Origin·Posted 1 month ago · Apr 2026

Went well, interviewers (panel of 3) were young engineers in their 20s. 5 technical questions basic GNC knowledge, 15-20 minute technical presentation on a topic and accomplishment of my choice, and also generic stuff like"tell me about yourself etc."

2 rounds
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Deloitte
Data Analyst
Deloitte·Posted 1 month ago · Apr 2026

The interview process was well-structured and included both technical and client interviews. The technical discussions focused on my experience with Power BI, data modeling, SQL, and real project scenarios. Overall, the interviewers were professional and gave me enough time to explain my approach. The only downside was that the feedback process took longer than expected, and communication between interview stages could have been more consistent.

2 rounds3 questions
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Data Scientist 2
United Healthcare·Posted 1 month ago · Apr 2026

Interview process went well. It was an internal job posting. Recruiter screen went well and then I spoke with the hiring manager. He then wanted to talk to my current manager at the time to ensure I would be a good fit.

2 rounds2 questions
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Microsoft
Product Manager
Microsoft·Posted 1 month ago · Apr 2026

The process was rigorous and well structured across screening and three rounds covering product thinking, AI experience, and technical depth with business strategy. Interviewers were highly conversational and went deep on my AI personalisation work at Amex, which I felt confident navigating. The case study in the final round was my weakest area — I took too long to land on sharp specific insights rather than leading with them. Overall a strong learning experience that pushed my product thinking significantly.

3 rounds3 questions
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Google
Engineering Manager
Google·Posted 2 months ago · Apr 2026

Coding question was not leetcode but it had lot of probing questions. I ended up not having sufficient time to complete it. The interviewer sounded positive like I would pass but I didn't

2 rounds
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Software Engineer
TheGuarantors·Posted 2 months ago · Apr 2026

It's a typical interview process with an HR screening, a LeetCode round, and a system design round. I could have done better in the system design round especially when discussing design tradeoffs.

4 rounds5 questions
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Confluent
Software Engineer
Confluent·Posted 2 months ago · Apr 2026

“Bit long” means something takes more time, steps, or effort than necessary or expected, but not excessively.

1 round1 question
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Amazon
Software Engineer
Amazon·Posted 2 months ago · Apr 2026

I'm able to communicate while solving problem but unable to code the problem interviwers are very supportive and friendly they give hints when i stuck at last i was only able to provide pseudo code.

3 rounds2 questions
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Apple
Software Engineer
Apple·Posted 2 months ago · Apr 2026

Overall interview process was frustrating, as the kind of offer you get doesn't solely depend on your performance, they stack rank a pool they are interviewing.

1 round1 question
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