# Paste-IE classification — follow-up after miner crash **Adarsh Vishwakarma**, Job **10454435**, AUTA APJ SDE I (Java, Zoom + Live Code). R1 13 Aug 2026 and R2 18 Aug 2026 already happened. OA is not a round. Write path: `interview_notebook/_miner/` only. The first paste miner wrote [`source_seed_paste_ies.md`](source_seed_paste_ies.md) (40 URLs) then **errored mid-fetch**. This file is the missing deliverable. Freeze: `R3-R4-Question-Bible.md` §0, §6, §12, §16 and [`R3-R4-NEW.md`](R3-R4-NEW.md). Job **10454435**: **still none**. Unnamed stays unnamed. No guessed LC ids. Login Tracker: **still unverified**. Rate Limiter SDE I live count: **still 1**. --- ## 0. Quota (honest — this paste pass only) This is **not** a 500-URL / 150-host sweep. | Metric | Number | | --- | ---: | | Seeded page URLs (written **before** fetch) | **40** ([`source_seed_paste_ies.md`](source_seed_paste_ies.md)) | | Fetched / attempted after the crash | **8** | | Opened first-hand IE bodies this follow-up | **2** (GFG off-campus-2021-4 truncated; GFG sde-1-29 Alexa BR) | | Local reprint used (not a live fetch) | TUF set-01 / set-02 copies under `old experiences/` | | 403 / Cloudflare / timeout / 404 / SPA empty | **6** | | Paste stories still **no href** | **12+** (listed in seed + §4) | | Job **10454435** question-level hit | **still none** (amazon.jobs JD **404** this pass) | Far under 500. Do not pad. **Opened this follow-up** | # | URL | Result | | ---: | --- | --- | | 6 | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-off-campus-2021-4/ | **opened-body, truncated** vs TUF set-01 (R2 links missing on GFG scrape; BR titles present) | | 12 | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-29/ | **opened-body** — Alexa charge/battery LLD on **BR** (already banked) | | 27 | https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10454435/… | **404** — JD, not questions | | 9 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6461439/… | **timeout / Cloudflare** — already in bible from prior pass | | 2 | https://old.reddit.com/r/LeetcodeDesi/comments/1ueybmg/… | **403** | | 18 | https://takeuforward.org/interview-experience/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-set-2/ | SPA chrome, **no IE body** | | — | SERP: No-Huckleberry / garavitey / UpsetSock7330 | **no destination href** | **Seed #9 mismatch:** LC **6461439** is **already** Interview 3 LP-only + Interview 4 Distance K + LCA, **rejected**. It is **not** the paste’s “Anonymous 12760 / Count Inversions / Course Schedule II / selected next day” block. Do not merge. --- ## 1. NEW QUESTIONS (not in freeze as opened later-slot) Stamp **paste-only** unless a URL opened. | Question (candidate wording) | Mapped slot | Flag | URL | Rel. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Binary tree **maximum path sum between two leaves** (same hour as remove-k-digits + design patterns) | Their **R3** if OA numbered separately; else may remap to **our R2** | OA numbering **unknown**. Do **not** stamp LC 124. Between-two-leaves ≠ any-node path unless they say so. | none | paste-only | | Given a numeric string and **k**, **remove k digits** to form the **smallest** number | Same “their R3” | Seed #15 LC 6630775 is Remove K Digits as **their R2**, not this combo | none for the combo | paste-only | | **Design patterns / design principles** discussion | Same hour | OOD talk, not a named Parking Lot | none | paste-only | | **Next Permutation** inside a slot **titled GenAI** (AUTA ~1.5 YOE frontend Reddit) | Their R3 labeled GenAI | **Do not** collapse to LC 6806195 Next Perm **similar** on **R2** | **no href** (No-Huck) | paste-only | | **Celebrity** variant as **Bar Raiser** (same Reddit AUTA loop) | Their R4/BR | Freeze: Celebrity as **2026 AUTA BR** is Class C if cited from off-campus-10 **R1**. This paste claims a **different** loop. Stay paste-only. Do **not** invent 2026 AUTA BR. | **no href** | paste-only | | Candidate **named LC 315** (Count of Smaller Numbers After Self) + Amazon Locker + HM resume + BR LP as **one** Hyderabad onsite | Group onsite; not UTA two-Zoom-then-third by default | Uday LinkedIn = locker + reverse-k LL — **not** LC 315. Do not attach 315 to Uday. Locker already banked. | grouping **no URL** | paste-only for 315 | | Zoom LiveCode: **return the combination** that hits target (Partition / subset-sum flavor), not only boolean | Their R1 in that paste | unknown OA numbering | none | paste-only | | BFS from a target; **everything within a distance threshold** (then distances in a map) | Their R3 in that paste | Family of Dist-K / rotting / shortest path; **unnamed** beyond that | none | paste-only | | **Knight-moves generalized**: board up to **10,000×10,000**, **pluggable** piece (offsets vs sliding) | Their R4 in that paste | Not LC 6629948 Minimum Knight Moves **their R2** unless a body matches 10k | none | paste-only | | Interviewer **visited the deployed webapp** | Their R2 project+AI | Process, not a DSA title | none | paste-only | | Distance between two nodes **without parent pointers** (root, source, target only) + stack **getMiddle O(1)** | Their R1 in that paste | Dist-K **family**; getMiddle **not** in §6 as UTA third. DevBrainiac getMiddle is **SDE-2 NMF**. | none as one SDE I loop | paste-only | | **Basic Calculator** then **OOD extend** | Their R2 | NMF-adjacent if 3-round reject | none | paste-only | | **Longest increasing path in a matrix** | Labeled **BR** (their R4) | **Year-out 2021**. GFG scrape: also “max length sequence, move down or right, consecutive abs-diff…” + GFG LIP article link. Do **not** stamp LC 329. | [GFG 2021-4](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-off-campus-2021-4/) | **opened-body truncated**; fuller TUF set-01 reprint locally | | **Sum of nodes whose Kth ancestor is even** | Same labeled **BR** | Year-out. Vector of ancestors. Do **not** stamp an LC id. | same GFG + TUF set-01 | opened (GFG) / local reprint | | Intern: **Kosaraju** (SCC) + production-ready function + GenAI applications + resume grill | Their interview 2 | **INTERN** | **no URL** | paste-only / INTERN | | USA new-grad: min-heap **partition → min-load server**; **loyal customers** from two days of logs; **log rate limiter** OOD (per-message + global) as **their R4** | US loop | **NMF** difficulty. Rate Limiter **count stays 1**. Seed #14 Carlo Medium = **interviewer article**, not this IE. | none as one loop | paste-only / NMF | | FTC 1-year: **their R3** LP-only (Ownership, collaboration, challenges, decision-making, impact, failures) + **how you verify GenAI output** | Later-slot **shape** | **FTC**. Kahn + kth largest = **their R1**. Subarray mins = **their R2**. | Kahn+kth **no URL**; seed #22 Ruchi Medium **not proven** this combo | paste-only / FTC | **Not NEW QUESTIONS (already-banked or wrong slot):** - Shiwangi **bookstore** word-count OOD R3 + medium SW R4 — Duplicate of §12.A - Distance K no-parent-map Fluency — LC **7623949** (opened prior). Intern Fluency LC **7643209** = unnamed **min-heap**, **not** Dist-K - Amazon **Locker** — Prince R1 Job 3057703; Uday R2 - **Logger** LLD AUTA — Reddit **1ueybmg** family (403 this pass; already banked) - **Rate Limiter** — count **1**, IE.in 2025-grad **their R2** of OA+3 SD - Conflict manager/teammate LP exact — GFG Apr 2026 **HM** (do not merge IEs) - Next Permutation **similar** AUTA — LC **6806195** **R2**, not GenAI slot - Celebrity **approach** — GFG off-campus-10 **R1**, year-out - Alexa charge/battery LLD on BR — GFG **sde-1-29** (re-opened; already §8 / §12.D) - Ansuman mall / subset-sum 1e15 — **their R1/R2**, not Adarsh’s third - Maximum Sum Linked List — LC 6881058 **already** NEW in [`R3-R4-NEW.md`](R3-R4-NEW.md) --- ## 2. NEW EVIDENCE of known | Known title | This pass | URL | Rel. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Alexa charge/battery LLD on **BR** (SOLID, why this / why not) | Re-opened body; paste’s PowerAware/Display/Speaker **tablet** wording is **not** this page | [GFG sde-1-29](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-29/) | opened-body; **year-out** (10 months, 2022) | | Shiwangi bookstore | Paste restates | Medium already in freeze | not re-fetched | | Logger AUTA | Seed #2 | 1ueybmg **403** | no new body | | LC 6461439 LP-only third + Dist-K/LCA fourth | Seed #9 **wrongly** labeled “selected Count Inversions” | timeout | **already-banked**; do not overwrite §12 UNNAMED exact with the other paste’s six prompts | --- ## 3. True third / fourth / BR blocks (paste + opened) OA omitted. Mapped round = Adarsh’s slot **after remap**. ``` candidate: unnamed LinkedIn-style paste | date: unknown | role: SDE-1 | UTA/AUTA?: unknown | intern?: N | FTC?: N | US?: N | YOE: unknown reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL OA-as-R1?: unknown (OA listed separately in the paste) mapped our R3?: Y IF their R1/R2 were live techs after OA — DSA max path BETWEEN TWO LEAVES + remove k digits + design patterns + conflict LP mapped our R4?: Y as labeled BR — past experience, multiple follow-ups, ~1 hour, situation-based named DSA / LLD / LP / GenAI: max path sum between two leaves; remove k digits smallest number; design patterns/principles; “conflict with manager or teammate” NMF / INTERN / year-out: none proven URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: unnamed | Amazon SDE-1 (1-Year FTC) 2026 | UTA/AUTA?: N | intern?: N | FTC?: Y | US?: N reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL OA-as-R1?: N (OA Feb 2026 numbered separately) mapped our R3?: Y as LP-heavy analogue — Ownership, collaboration, challenges, decision-making, impact, learning from failure + GenAI verify mapped our R4?: N (paste stops at their R3) named: their R1 Kahn cycle + kth largest; their R2 sum-of-subarray-mins flavor + projects — NOT our R3 NMF: FTC URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: Shiwangi Kumari | R3 16 Dec 2024 14:00; R4 17 Dec | SDE I | UTA?: Y reliability: already opened-body in freeze OA-as-R1?: N mapped our R3?: Y bookstore OOD mapped our R4?: Y work deep-dive + medium Sliding Window UNNAMED URL: https://medium.com/@sshiwangi770/my-amazon-interview-experience-1ab2fd4f9e6f Duplicate of bible §12.A — not a NEW QUESTION ``` ``` candidate: Anonymous User (LC Discuss) | Feb 2025 | SDE-1 | 6 months intern + 6 months FTE | 2024 grad reliability: PASTE claims selected; Count Inversions + Course Schedule II on their R1; R3 ALL behavioral; selected next day OA-as-R1?: N (OA 6 Jan numbered separately) mapped our R3?: Y if the all-behavioral hour is after two lives named LP (paste): implement something challenging; critical feedback; deep dive; didn’t know how to proceed; improved shortcomings; missed deadline; also “how did you know you were implementing the right solution” URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL DO NOT use LC 6461439 as this body (6461439 is a different rejected loop: Uni-valued + Rotated Search; Falling Path + Rotten; LP-only unnamed; then Dist-K + LCA) ``` ``` candidate: unnamed Zoom+LiveCode 4-round | recent paste | SDE I reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL OA-as-R1?: N (OA mentioned separately) mapped our R3?: their R3 = graph BFS distance + LP — possible third-live analogue if two lives already happened mapped our R4?: their R4 = beyond-scope LP + complex project + knight generalized 10k board named: combination that reaches target; project+AI (interviewer visited app); BFS distance threshold; knight pluggable piece; “went beyond scope”; “complex project / what would you do differently” NMF: unknown geography URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: Reddit No-Huckleberry-5969 (paste attribution) | 2026 | SDE-1 | AUTA | ~1.5 YOE frontend reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL (SERP: no href) OA-as-R1?: N mapped our R3?: Y — labeled GenAI = LP (Ownership, Dive Deep, projects) + GenAI (how you use / limits / hallucinations / prompt / validate) + Next Permutation (algorithm; code optional when late) mapped our R4?: Y — Celebrity variant; needed hints; rejected named: Rotten Oranges their R1; Course Schedule 2 + Domino and Tromino Tiling their R2 — already-done analogues URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: Reddit garavitey (paste) | Hyderabad onsite | SDE-1 | rejected after BR reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL OA-as-R1?: unknown mapped our R3?: their R3 = Amazon Locker LLD (same day as R1 HM resume + R2 LC 315) — group onsite, not Zoom two-DSA-then-third mapped our R4?: Y BR LP-only (how you helped others; tell me about your project) named: HM resume deep dive no DSA; LC 315 named by candidate; Design Amazon Locker NMF: group onsite India URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: unnamed GFG / TUF set-01 | Off-campus 2021 | SDE-1 | 0 YOE | Selected reliability: GFG opened-body truncated; local TUF reprint has R2 OA-as-R1?: N (R1 = first onsite) mapped our R3?: their R3 = HM — tight deadline LP; improve project; trade-offs; Design a class that returns average marks of a student (open-ended; student ID; getAverage) mapped our R4?: Y BR — Longest increasing path in a matrix; sum of nodes whose Kth ancestor is even (example K=2, output 7) year-out: 2021 URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-off-campus-2021-4/ reprint: https://takeuforward.org/interview-experience/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience/ Job 10454435?: N ``` ``` candidate: GFG sde-1-29 | 10 months exp | Chime | Selected 2022 reliability: opened-body this follow-up OA-as-R1?: N mapped our R3?: N (their R1/R2 DSA unnamed on this scrape) mapped our R4?: Y BR — LP learn something new for a client; production-level work; LLD Alexa charge connection and battery on different devices (audio + textual display); SOLID; why this / why not year-out: 2022 URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-29/ already-banked — NEW EVIDENCE only ``` ``` candidate: USA new-grad 2026 paste | 4 rounds 2 days | Zoom+LiveCode reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL mapped our R3?: Y as labeled BR — purely behavioral LP mapped our R4?: their R4 = log rate limiter OOD (per-message + global) — NMF; does NOT add Rate Limiter count named: min-heap partition assignment (candidate: similar Car Pooling); loyal customers two-day logs US?: Y URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: TUF set-02 intern | on-campus | SDE intern 6 months | Selected reliability: local reprint; live TUF page SPA empty this pass OA-as-R1?: Y (Round 1 = OA: debug + aptitude + behavioural + 2 coding) mapped our R3?: N — their live 2 = chocolate / nuts-bolts / left view — INTERN second live, not Adarsh third named live 1: zigzag tree; path between any two nodes INTERN URL: https://takeuforward.org/interview-experience/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-set-2/ ``` --- ## 4. OA-as-R1 / NMF / INTERN (do not treat as Adarsh R3 forecast) | Paste | Flag | Why | | --- | --- | --- | | LinkedIn “PBC hiring changed” first block — OA then R1 min-1s-row + subtree average + failed-to-deliver LP | OA separate; their R3 = two-leaves + k-digits | remap lives before treating as third | | TUF intern sets 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 | INTERN | zigzag/path, Kosaraju-not-found, chocolate, etc. | | USA 2025 NDA 3-round (no exact questions) | US NMF | process only | | USA 4-round reject: heap grilling + log parser SD + HM coding + LP-only R4 | US NMF | SD depth above UTA default | | 5 YOE tester: job scheduler LLD, split-pay HLD, BR Dijkstra | NMF experienced | | | Playlist-mixing paper LLD (~10 requirements) | NMF / FTC 5-round-style | seed #10 LC 6629134 not opened this pass | | SDE-2 compiled HLD (food, Uber, tracing, S3) | Class C / NMF | | | Device capability **their R2** (PowerAware / Display / Speaker) | their R2 = **our R2 analogue** (already done) unless a body places it later | SO 77022000 SDE-2 NMF; Substack Class C | | FTC HM merge intervals + longest path undirected | FTC | no URL | | AUTA India 2025 passout logger R2 + Hard SW + GenAI HM + BR LP | already banked 1ueybmg family | 403 this pass | --- ## 5. LP prompts (exact-ish from pastes) Do not invent Adarsh answers here. Spoken STAR is notebook ch. 12. | Prompt (paste wording) | Source class | | --- | --- | | Tell me about a time when you **failed to deliver** the expected result | first LinkedIn-style block, their R1 | | Tell me about a time when you **took extra responsibility** | same, their R2 | | Tell me about a time when you had a **conflict with your manager or teammate** | same, their R3 | | Ownership & accountability; collaboration; challenges; decision-making; impact; learning from **failure and rejection** | FTC their R3 | | How you use GenAI; **validate** AI-generated code for correctness and security | FTC their R3 | | Implement something **challenging** | LC Feb selected paste R1 and R3 | | **Critical feedback** and how you worked on it | selected paste R3 | | **Deep dive** into subject matter | selected paste R3 | | Didn’t know how to proceed; options; how you figured it out | selected paste R3 | | Improved upon **shortcomings** | selected paste R3 | | **Missed a deadline**; what you could have done better | selected paste R3 — Adarsh: do **not** invent a miss | | Went **beyond the scope** of your job | Zoom LiveCode their R4 | | Complex project: what was complex, how, what you’d do **differently** | Zoom LiveCode their R4 | | **Pushed back** on a customer request | playlist-LLD experienced paste | | Designed with a **long-term vision**; sacrificed short-term for long-term | same | | Process **outside normal responsibilities** you improved | same | | Feature customers did **not explicitly request** | same | | How you approach a **complex / ambiguous** problem; who you consult when blocked | same | | Disagree with teammates | FTC HM paste | | Learn something **new to deliver to a client**; something on **production** | GFG sde-1-29 BR (opened) | | Project under a **tight deadline**; how could you **improve**; **trade-offs** | GFG 2021-4 HM (opened / TUF) | | Why switch (second switch) | 3-round reject paste | Until LC 6461439 body is re-opened, **do not** overwrite bible §12 “LP only UNNAMED exact” with the six selected-paste prompts. --- ## 6. Unnamed stay unnamed - “Graph — variation of topological sorting” (first paste R2) — unnamed beyond that - “Light system design” (Naina already banked) — unnamed - Medium sliding window (Shiwangi R4) — unnamed - Guitar Note (Ansuman) — already freeze unnamed - Intern Fluency min-heap (LC 7643209) — unnamed; **not** Distance K - Login Tracker — **I could not verify** Do **not** stamp LC 124, 402, 735, 962, 210, 329 on paste similarities unless the **candidate named** the id (Hyderabad paste **named LC 315**; keep that as candidate-named). --- ## 7. Class C (prep lists, not IEs) - Striver OS / DBMS / CN “must-do” sheet (answers on takeuforward) — **revision**, not a first-hand round - Singleton / Factory / Strategy explainer in the same user paste — **prep**, not an IE - SDE-2 HLD compilation (Parking Lot, Locker, wallet, BookMyShow, food delivery, Uber, metrics) — **NMF** for this UTA loop - “Top 120 Amazon questions” LC 7474246 — Class C - GFG Amazon SDE sheet — Class C - Mentor Login Tracker / Rate Limiter **code** — practice; Login Tracker unverified; Rate Limiter count stays **1** --- ## Per-block classification (every parent paste family) ``` candidate: unnamed | “PBC hiring changed” LinkedIn | SDE-1 | UTA?: unknown reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL OA-as-R1?: N (OA separate: 1 DSA + 1 Dev + workstyle) mapped our R3?: see §3 first block named R1: min number of 1s in a binary-matrix row; count nodes equal to subtree average; failed-to-deliver LP named R2: similar to LC 735 Asteroid Collision (candidate-named similarity, not a stamp); graph topo variation; extra responsibility LP URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: unnamed | Chime 4-round “offer ~1 week” | SDE-1 reliability: paste-only OA-as-R1?: unknown mapped our R3?: unknown (first two rounds arrays/strings/hashing) mapped our R4?: Y BR — one coding + design-choice grilling on past projects; LP across all four named LP themes: Ownership, conflicts, pressure, decision-making, past projects; 6–7 stories useful (process note) URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: unnamed | USA 2025 NDA 3-round selected | SDE-1 USA reliability: paste-only; NDA — no exact questions OA-as-R1?: N mapped our R3?: their last = LP 10+ with project follow-ups US?: Y NMF URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: unnamed | “fundamentals / why not Kafka” takeaways | not an IE reliability: opinion paste named questions: none URL: n/a Class C process ``` ``` candidate: device-capability LLD paste | SDE-1 waiting on R3 reliability: paste-only OA-as-R1?: N mapped our R3?: N — this was their R2 named: Device plugged-in / battery %; Display showMessage; Speaker speakMessage; Tablet combinations; candidate later wrote PowerAware / DisplayCapable / SpeakerCapable URL: paste-only; SO 77022000 = SDE-2 NMF; sde-1-29 = different Alexa BR already banked ``` ``` candidate: nian2326076 (paste) | 2026 | 5 YOE tester → SDE | selected reliability: paste-only, I could not verify URL mapped our R3?: their R3 = HLD split payment/settlement — NMF mapped our R4?: BR Dijkstra-family graph NMF experienced URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: AcademicAside3845 | USA SDE-1 cleared | Reddit reliability: paste-only mapped our R3?: no DSA; 4–5 LP with project follow-ups mapped our R4?: HM coding + AI discussion (two mediums) US?: Y URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: 3-round reject | Basic Calculator OOD + why switch reliability: paste-only mapped our R3?: behavioral + design-extension (new feature; 3 pros/3 cons each) named extra prep: Edit Distance; Concurrent restaurant waitlist — Class C unless a body asks them URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: AUTA India 2025 passout 10 months | offer reliability: paste restates logger + Hard SW + GenAI + BR LP URL intended: Reddit 1ueybmg — 403 this pass; already banked ``` ``` candidate: intern OA+interviews 2026 | IIT non-circuital reliability: paste-only OA-as-R1?: Y (their “Interview 1” after OA) mapped our R3?: N INTERN named interview 2: sliding window; BT traversal; Kosaraju; production-ready function; GenAI applications; resume grill URL: paste-only, I could not verify URL ``` ``` candidate: TUF set-08 Tanu | off-campus SDE-1 selected reliability: local reprint OA-as-R1?: Y (Round 1 = OA) mapped our R3?: their R4 managerial = parentheses + OOP + LP; their R5 = Josephus + Celebrity year-out possible URL: https://takeuforward.org/interviews/amazon-interview-experience-sde-1-set-8/ Celebrity on this IE is a **later managerial** ask — still not 2026 AUTA BR proof ``` --- ## Job 10454435 still none amazon.jobs JD fetch this pass: **404**. No paste names this Job ID for a live question. Never invent. Login Tracker: **I could not verify.** Rate Limiter independent SDE I live-round count: **1** (not UTA; not a third live). USA-paste R4 logger OOD does **not** add a second count. --- *Questions, sources, caveats only. Adarsh R1 13 Aug 2026 and R2 18 Aug 2026 already happened.*