# R3 / R4 / Bar Raiser / Hiring Manager / GenAI Fluency — miner report

Targeted verification + new-finds for **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. Freeze = `Question-Research-BIBLE.md` §0, §3, §4, §5.

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## 0. Honest quota

This is **not** a 500-URL / 150-host sweep. Seeded first in `source_seed_r3r4.md`, then fetched.

| Metric | Number |
| --- | ---: |
| Seeded page URLs | **68** distinct (must-open + discovered; not 500) |
| Fetched / attempted | **~55** |
| Opened first-hand IE bodies | **~33** (reprints counted once) |
| 403 / login / timeout / 404 / post-missing | **~12** |
| Duplicates of an already-banked IE | **6** (8362603/1451/1452; IE.in 85 ≡ 7850431; LC 8098488 ≡ IE.in intern DSA+GenAI; 7406809 legacy path ≡ post path) |
| Named questions extracted this sweep | see §1–§2 |
| Job **10454435** question-level hit | **still none** |

Far under 500 opened bodies. Do not pad with JD mirrors or SEO loop guides.

**Login Tracker** (`new_login` / `get_oldest_login`): **still unverified.** No first-hand IE this pass named it.  
**Rate Limiter:** still **count = 1** independent SDE I Second Technical ([IE.in 2025-grad](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-2025-grad), opened-body). New URL = NEW EVIDENCE only. Not UTA two-DSA.

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## 1. NEW QUESTIONS (not in Question-Research-BIBLE.md freeze)

| Question (candidate wording) | Mapped slot | Loop / flag | URL | Rel. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Construct a **Maximum Sum Linked List** out of two **sorted linked lists having some common nodes** | **true BR / R4 analogue** (their Round 4) | SDE-1 Bangalore; earlier lives not in this post | [LC 6881058](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6881058/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-bar-ra-ayfb/) | opened-body |
| Grid **nearest mall** (multi-source BFS; brute vs optimal) | R1 (not R3) | India SDE-1 selected; not named UTA | [Ansuman Das LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/devansuman_amazon-sde1-interviewexperience-activity-7457450948811214849-kdn7) | opened-body |
| **Subset Sum** with constraint **10^15** (classical DP does not work) | R2 | same | same | opened-body |
| **Guitar Note** (phrase only; project vs problem unclear) | R2 after project discussion | same | same | opened-body; **unnamed** beyond those two words |
| **Diagonal matrix traversal** and simulation | R1 | AUTA named; “without revealing any interview questions” then listed topics | [Deepanshu Jindal LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepanshu-jindal-_amazon-sde1-softwareengineering-activity-7488808775538278401-syrw) | **snippet** (WebFetch **404**) |
| **Tree DFS and subtree computation** | R1 | same AUTA | same | snippet |
| DP on **grids** / **path aggregation** (R3) | **true third live** 20 May 2026 | AUTA; consecutive-day R1/R2 27–28 Apr then R3 weeks later | same | snippet |
| BR discussion of **API migration, feature flags, Agentic AI, RAG pipelines, delta synchronization** (not a named DSA title) | **true BR** 23 Jun 2026 | same | same | snippet |
| INTERN GenAI Fluency slot: **min-heap DSA UNNAMED** (candidate: NDA, no official title) | intern “Gen AI Fluency” (first live; OA numbered separately) | INTERN on-campus | [LC 7643209](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7643209/amazon-sde-intern-interview-experience-b-ebh1/) | opened-body |

**Not Distance K on 7643209.** Parent note said Dist-K corroboration. Opened body does **not** name Distance K. Dist-K no-parent-map remains **LC 7623949** FTE GenAI Fluency + **LC 7406809** AUTA R2.

Do **not** stamp LC ids on Maximum Sum LL / nearest mall / subset-sum-1e15. Candidate did not name ids.

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## 2. NEW EVIDENCE of known (new URL or newly exact wording)

| Known title | This pass | URL | Rel. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Distance K, O(n), no parent mapping (labeled **Gen AI Fluency**, actually DSA) | Full body (bible had snippet) | [LC 7623949](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7623949/amazon-sde-1-application-interview-exper-92xt/) | opened-body |
| Next Greater Element + LLM GenAI in **HM** | Full body | [LC 7724048](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7724048/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-t6fz/) | opened-body |
| Dynamic k-th largest; GenAI use/where-not | Reprint body | [IE.in 85](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/interview-experience/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-85) ≡ LC 7850431 (LC GraphQL: topic missing; LC fetch timeout) | opened-body reprint |
| Anagrams variation; Combine Garlands; BR LP list | Full body | [LC 8362604](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8362604/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-auta-a-5wmt/) | opened-body |
| Merge k lists; HM POC/research LP | Full body | [LC 7563011](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7563011/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-duqw/) | opened-body |
| Nice Subarrays **LC linked** on BR | Full body | [LC 6806195](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6806195/amazon-auta-interview-experience-sde-1-2-f90u/) | opened-body |
| Unique Paths–like max points right/down | Full body + exact BR LPs | [LC 7035289](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7035289/amazon-sde-1-offer-by-anonymous_user-3efp/) | opened-body |
| Longest substring all distinct / LC 3 family | Ansuman **HM**; also 6653463 our R3 | Ansuman LinkedIn; [LC 6653463](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6653463/amazon-software-dev-engineer-1-universit-dtk5/) | opened-body |
| Capacity to Ship / “Minimum time to deliver packages in D days” | Ansuman R1 | Ansuman LinkedIn | opened-body |
| LCA **LC linked**; process scheduler | Full body | [LC 8014509](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8014509/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-pra-azvd/) | opened-body |
| Median-of-two similar; YouTube 1-hour GenAI scenario | Full body | [LC 8029194](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8029194/amazon-interview-sde-1-selected-by-anony-qatd/) | opened-body |
| Trees+DP UNNAMED; BS solved using PQ | Full body | [LC 7981646](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7981646/amazon-sde-1-offer-received-2025-grad-by-ebwo/) | opened-body |
| Tree path src→target print A/B/C; Dist-K no parent map | Full body | [LC 7406809](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7406809/amazon-sde-1-auta-interview-experience-s-k6t7/) | opened-body |
| Encoded string freq; grid paths/rewards; digit-subtract min ops | Full body | [LC 6800853](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6800853/amazon-interview-experience-sde1-by-anon-vdbd/) | opened-body |
| Rotten Oranges; Maximal Rectangle; Kafka/B+ | Full body | [igreaper](https://igreaper.medium.com/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-a69578a4f699) | opened-body |
| Bookstore word-count OOD; medium SW UNNAMED | Full body | [Shiwangi](https://medium.com/@sshiwangi770/my-amazon-interview-experience-1ab2fd4f9e6f) | opened-body |
| Light SD UNNAMED + 2 LP UNNAMED | Full body | [Naina](https://medium.com/@nainavangani09/my-amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2025-selected-dea6b5e9e3e9) | opened-body |
| Validate sudoku; CAT→MEN Word Ladder family | Full body | [GFG sde-1-17](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-17/) | opened-body |
| HM three named LPs; R1/R2 titles UNNAMED | Full body | [GFG Apr 2026](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/sde-1-amazon-experience-verdict-selected/) | opened-body |
| Rate Limiter + distributed scale | Full body | [IE.in 2025-grad](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-2025-grad) | opened-body; **count stays 1** |
| AUTA BR exact LP list (was “~37 min behavioral”) | Full body | [IE.in 2024-grad](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2024-grad-17-yoe-tier-3-college-selected) | opened-body |
| Integer to English Words; Parking Lot; stream top-K | Full body | [DevBrainiac 126](https://devbrainiac.com/blogs/126/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-4-rounds-selected-dsa-lld-leadership-principles/) | opened-body **NMF** |
| Next Greater + stocks-2-tx in intern slot titled GenAI Fluency | Full body | [IE.in intern oncampus](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-intern-2026-interview-exp-oncampus) | INTERN |
| House Robber I/II; Aggressive Cows var; group-similar-strings | Full body | [IE.in intern DSA+GenAI](https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-interview-experience-sde-1-intern-dsa-round-gen-ai-round) ≡ [LC 8098488](https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8098488/amazon-interview-sde-1-intern-dsa-round-srof2/) | INTERN |
| Sliding Window Maximum; Course Schedule; BR LP-only | Full body | [GFG sde1-off-campus](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde1-off-campus/) | opened-body |
| SWM + KMP-like approach in **HM** (2022) | Full body | [GFG 2022 FTE](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-2022-fte-for-sde-1-off-campus/) | year-out |

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## 3. True third-live / R4 / BR / HM / GenAI Fluency blocks

OA omitted. **OA-as-R1** flagged. Mapped round = Adarsh’s slot after remap.

### 3.A True third live after two live techs (closest to upcoming 3rd 60-min)

```
candidate: anonymous | date: Mar–Apr 2025 | role: SDE-1 | UTA/AUTA?: Y University Talent Acquisition | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6653463/amazon-software-dev-engineer-1-universit-dtk5/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: 3 lives (gaps 5–10 days)
our R1 / R2: student HashMap OOD; count BT two-children; string compression wrap-at-9; beautiful nodes
our R3 (true third): LP deep dive; LP negative feedback; longest substring all distinct characters
Job 10454435?: N
```

```
candidate: Naina Vangani | R3 2 Jul 2025 | role: SDE-1 | UTA/AUTA?: Y | intern?: N
URL: https://medium.com/@nainavangani09/my-amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2025-selected-dea6b5e9e3e9
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: two DSA lives then R3
our R3 (true third): two LP UNNAMED in-depth; light system design UNNAMED (very basic prompt; title not given)
```

```
candidate: Shiwangi Kumari | R3 16 Dec 2024 14:00; R4 17 Dec | role: SDE I | UTA/AUTA?: Y UTA named | intern?: N
URL: https://medium.com/@sshiwangi770/my-amazon-interview-experience-1ab2fd4f9e6f
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
our R3 (true third, same day as R2): Design a bookstore; count of a particular word (fictional character) in a specific book; classes/objects/methods; projects
our R4: ~40 min work deep-dive; medium Sliding Window UNNAMED
Comment on page: no LP each round
```

```
candidate: Rushikesh_321 | HM 15 Apr 2026; BR 30 May | role: SDE-1 | UTA/AUTA?: Y AUTA APAC India 2026 | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8362604/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-auta-a-5wmt/
reprints: 8362603, 8361451, 8361452 | reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
loop: OA + R1+R2 SAME DAY 27 Mar 2026 + HM + BR (not consecutive-day two-DSA)
our R3 HM: Variation of Find All Anagrams; Minimum Cost to Combine Garlands (ropes); overflow → long
BR: challenge I solved; missing a deadline; problem I identified myself; simplifying a process; probes on whether first story was challenging; “rate limiting decisions” / geofencing as **story follow-ups not Rate Limiter LLD**
rejected
```

```
candidate: anonymous AUTA Bengaluru | HM 23 Oct 2025 | role: SDE I | UTA/AUTA?: Y | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7563011/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-duqw/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: R1 29 Jul; R2 1 Aug; HM 23 Oct (true third)
our R3 HM: “Can you describe a complex problem you encountered that required in-depth research, development of proof of concepts, and exploration of multiple solutions to address the issue?” [candidate tagged DEEP DIVE, EARN TRUST]; ~35 min; no DSA named in this snapshot
```

```
candidate: anonymous | GenAI Fluency 19 Feb 2026; BR 2 Mar | role: SDE-1 | UTA/AUTA?: N | intern?: N | India onsite 11 Jan
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7623949/amazon-sde-1-application-interview-exper-92xt/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
loop: OA + 2 onsite lives + extra “Gen AI Fluency” + BR
IE-heading Gen AI Fluency → **true third live** (after two onsite DSA)
our R3 labeled Gen AI Fluency: similar to nodes at distance K; O(n); **no parent mapping** (DSA despite the round name)
BR ~22 min: Why Amazon; Deep Dive; Learn & Be Curious; Earn Trust. Candidate notes India BRs sometimes add DSA; this EU BR did not.
```

```
candidate: anonymous | R3 3 Mar 2026; R4 18 Mar | role: SDE-1 | intern?: N | all virtual
URL: LC 7850431 (GraphQL: topic missing this pass) reprint https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/interview-experience/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-85
reliability: opened-body reprint | OA-as-R1?: N
loop: OA + 2 live DSA + GenAI/tech + behavioral
our R3 (true third): GenAI How do you use Gen AI tools… complex tasks? where should / should not?; Chef / dynamic k-th largest (k changes)
our R4 behavioral: deep dive to find a problem; didn’t know what to do next; tough/critical feedback
```

```
candidate: anonymous | HM Gen-AI virtual | role: SDE-1 selected | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7724048/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-t6fz/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
our R3 HM (true third after two onsite DSA): Next Greater Element + complexity follow-up; How do you make the best use of LLMs? verify/validate? tips (1–2 more)
our R4 BR: deep dive scenario; missed commitment/deadline; convince someone of your approach
```

```
candidate: anonymous 2025 grad Big 4 | R3 after 1 day (postponed) | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7981646/amazon-sde-1-offer-received-2025-grad-by-ebwo/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
our R3 (true third): 30 min GenAI project architecture + Innovate/Frugality; Binary Search solved using PQ; follow-ups “think dynamically”
our R4 BR: resume metrics/decisions; no named DSA
R2 was told LLD, got Trees and DP UNNAMED
```

```
candidate: Pradeep S | HM onsite 6 Apr 2026; BR virtual 14 Apr | intern?: N
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8014509/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-pra-azvd/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: OA + 3 onsite same day 6 Apr + BR
our R3 HM Gen-AI (true third same day as R1/R2): GenAI usage; experience; how verify GenAI code; LCA (LC 236 linked); Design a system to schedule processes
BR: deep dive; convince someone; two more LP UNNAMED; no technical
```

```
candidate: anonymous MCA NIT | R3 onsite 16 Mar 2026; BR 6 Apr | intern?: N | Bangalore
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8029194/amazon-interview-sde-1-selected-by-anony-qatd/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
Timeline heading also says Round 3 = GenAI Fluency + problem solving; body “Hiring Manager Round”
our R3 HM: project ~30 min; LC Hard similar to Median of Two Sorted Arrays; GenAI scenario: critical production issue at YouTube, 1 hour, may use AI
BR: 3–4 LP deep dives UNNAMED
```

```
candidate: anonymous AUTA email | BR 25 Jun 2025 (their Round 3) | UTA/AUTA?: Y AUTA rejection-email then offer
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7035289/amazon-sde-1-offer-by-anonymous_user-3efp/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
IE-heading R3 = BR after two lives → **true third live analogue**
BR DSA: Unique Paths–like max points, right/down only, start/end cells
BR LP: Tell me something that you are not good at; How would you learn a new Technology; Most Challenging Project you have ever worked on
```

```
candidate: anonymous AUTA 2024 batch Bengaluru | BR May 2025 | UTA/AUTA?: Y
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6806195/amazon-auta-interview-experience-sde-1-2-f90u/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
IE-heading Round 3 = BR after two DSA lives → true third
BR: 30 min LP (feedback; critical issues; went beyond task/job) + 30 min DSA Count Number of Nice Subarrays (LC linked)
```

```
candidate: anonymous AUTA | BR next Wednesday after Fri/Mon lives | UTA/AUTA?: Y selected Dec 2025
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7406809/amazon-sde-1-auta-interview-experience-s-k6t7/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
IE-heading Round 3 Bar raiser = true third
BR DSA: tree path src→target print A/B/C (left/right/parent); extra space → LCA+DFS
couple LP UNNAMED “formality”
```

```
candidate: lovish23 | Round 4 BR 2nd week Jun 2025 | SDE-1 Bangalore selected
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6881058/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-bar-ra-ayfb/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: unknown (this post is BR-only)
true BR: work experience questions UNNAMED; Construct Maximum Sum Linked List from two sorted LLs with common nodes
Earlier rounds: linked “Leetcode Post – Amazon SDE-1 Interview Experience” **without href**. **I could not verify** prior-round titles.
```

```
candidate: kbhanusri01 | HM 4 Jun 2026; BR 11 Jun | 2025 grad, ex Amazon intern, ~8 mo AE
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8343668/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2026-s-uroi/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | R1 14 May / R2 15 May consecutive-day
our R3 HM: DSA / LLD discussion UNNAMED; GenAI discussion UNNAMED
BR: LP focused; 1 technical discussion **no coding** UNNAMED
Comments asked for DSA types / job id; **no titles and no 10454435 in body**
```

```
candidate: Ansuman Das NITR’25 | HM + BR | role: SDE-1 selected | UTA/AUTA?: not named | intern?: N
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/devansuman_amazon-sde1-interviewexperience-activity-7457450948811214849-kdn7
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
our R3 HM: fumbled initial system design UNNAMED; Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters; OS-level threading; GenAI tokenization, RAG, vector DBs
our R4 BR: LP past experiences / decision-making / ownership UNNAMED exact
```

```
candidate: Aditya C. | R3 onsite GenAI Fluency; R4 virtual BR | intern?: N | rejected
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aditya-c-24909b111_recently-went-throught-amazon-sde1-interview-activity-7449743890234081280-PLQD
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
our R3 labeled GenAI Fluency: DP + Min-Max Heaps UNNAMED titles; “awareness of modern AI concepts” (no exact GenAI prompt)
BR: Dive Deep + Earn Trust + Learn & Be Curious; project deep-dive UNNAMED DSA
```

```
candidate: Deepanshu Jindal | AUTA | R3 20 May 2026; BR 23 Jun (rescheduled 5×)
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/deepanshu-jindal-_amazon-sde1-softwareengineering-activity-7488808775538278401-syrw
reliability: **snippet** (WebFetch 404) | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: OA Jan 2026; R1 27 Apr; R2 28 Apr consecutive-day; true R3; true BR
R3: DP on grids / path aggregation (SERP); Agentic AI project deep dive
BR: API migration; feature flags; Agentic AI; RAG; delta sync; production decisions
Candidate wrote “Without revealing any interview questions.”
```

```
candidate: IE.in 2024-grad 1.7 YOE | BR Feb 10 2026 | UTA/AUTA?: Y AUTA loop scheduler
URL: https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2024-grad-17-yoe-tier-3-college-selected
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N
Must-open slug `/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-sde1-auta` = **404**. This is the live AUTA article.
our BR (true third after two techs): see §4 exact LPs; ~37 min; no DSA
```

```
candidate: GFG Apr 2026 selected | R3 HM | UTA/AUTA?: N
URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/sde-1-amazon-experience-verdict-selected/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: 2 tech + HM
our R3 HM: technical discussion UNNAMED + three named LPs (§4)
R1 topics String / Prefix Sum UNNAMED; R2 Graph and DP UNNAMED
```

```
candidate: GFG sde-1-17 | F2F R3 SDM; F2F R4 | UTA/AUTA?: N | year not on page (upd 23 Jul 2025)
URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-17/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: N | loop: OA + 4 F2F
IE R3 → true third: 4–5 LP customer-obsession/conflict; validate sudoku
IE R4 → R4/BR-adj: projects + CN (amazon.com in background) + tx/deadlocks + Bankers + threads vs processes; CAT→MEN Word Ladder family
```

### 3.B OA-as-R1 trap: IE-heading “R3” maps to **our R2 analogue** (already finished), not upcoming third live

```
candidate: anonymous AUTA | URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6800853/amazon-interview-experience-sde1-by-anon-vdbd/
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: **Y** (R1=OA)
IE R2 → our R1: encoded string 1226#24#(2) frequencies; k-th largest from index [k,n]
IE R3 → **our R2 analogue**: n×n traps -1/0 right/down paths; follow-up max reward; min ops subtract a digit of n (27→5)
BR scheduled “upcoming week” — **not described**. **I could not verify** BR titles.
```

```
candidate: Pratham Sharma (igreaper) | URL: https://igreaper.medium.com/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-a69578a4f699
reliability: opened-body | OA-as-R1?: **Y** (R1=OA Oct 2025)
IE R2 → our R1: Stocks DP; Trapping Rainwater
IE R3 → **our R2 analogue**: Rotten Oranges; Maximum Rectangle Area with all 1s; Kafka ordering/partitioning; B Tree vs B+ Tree
IE R4 BR: LP multi-level why; projects; **no named DSA**
```

### 3.C Other India SDE I third/HM/BR (not UTA-default)

```
Bhavya LinkedIn Hyd May 2026
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bhavya-77816218a_amazon-interviewexperience-sde1-activity-7473680829714546688-jeL9
reliability: opened-body (search dump) | OA-as-R1?: N
Interview 3 HM: DRDO + Info Edge; Spring login Controller/Facade/Service/Repository; “How would you eliminate multiple if-else validations in the facade layer?”
BR: going above and beyond; improving a solution via deeper analysis; receiving critical feedback; multiple examples
**Not Login Tracker.**
```

```
Taanya Tarun LinkedIn
URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/taanya-tarun-91b623144_i-recently-went-through-the-interview-process-activity-7455268279041871872-i9j2
reliability: opened-body (search dump)
HM: maps + heaps UNNAMED; GenAI time saved / WLB
BR: project/decision/mistake UNNAMED
```

```
IE.in 2025-grad | Second Technical = Rate Limiter | Final 17 Jul 2025 LP only
URL: https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-2025-grad
reliability: opened-body | loop: OA+3 **SD not two-DSA**
our R3: LP only UNNAMED
Rate Limiter count = 1. Not UTA two-DSA.
```

```
GFG sde1-off-campus | R3 = Bar Raiser LP-only
URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde1-off-campus/
reliability: opened-body
HR confirmed job ID beforehand — **page does not print 10454435**
```

```
GFG 2022 FTE off-campus | R4 HM; R5 BR
URL: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-2022-fte-for-sde-1-off-campus/
reliability: opened-body | **year-out 2022**
HM: projects; missed deadline; disagreed with manager; OS (semaphores, deadlocks, race, VM, thrashing); OOPS; SWM similar; KMP-based string; SD declined
BR LP list in §4
```

### 3.D INTERN (format-similar, difficulty-weaker)

```
LC 7643209 | SDE Spring Intern on-campus | selected
URL: https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7643209/amazon-sde-intern-interview-experience-b-ebh1/
reliability: opened-body | INTERN
OA numbered separately then 2 lives. Slot titled **Gen AI Fluency** was **min-heap DSA UNNAMED** + project AI + “basic Gen AI questions” UNNAMED. R2: tree LC medium UNNAMED; stack UNNAMED. NDA: no official titles.
**Not Distance K.**
```

```
IE.in intern oncampus 2026
URL: https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-intern-2026-interview-exp-oncampus
R1 titled Problem Solving and GenAi Fluency: Next Greater Element Variation; DP on Stocks max 2 tx
R2: Alien dictionary; projects; behavioural UNNAMED
```

```
IE.in / LC 8098488 intern 16 Apr 2026 rejected
R1 House Robber + House Robber II
R2 GenAI+DSA: How much do you trust AI; what do you use AI for; which tools; Aggressive Cows var; group similar strings one-swap example ["tars","rats","arts","star"] → 2
```

### 3.E NOT MY FORMAT (logged)

```
DevBrainiac 126 | ~2 YOE FinTech | 4-round
URL: https://devbrainiac.com/blogs/126/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-4-rounds-selected-dsa-lld-leadership-principles/
R2 labeled HM: GenAI unnecessarily / value / limitations / measure usefulness; Integer to English Words
R3 Parking Lot LLD + EV/reserved follow-ups
BR: LP 40 min; K most frequent in a stream; production latency debug
```

Blind SDE2 GenAI Fluency topic; DEV Seattle 2026; Roundz IE 172 5-round; Bhumika USA 2025 pulse: **NMF**.

---

## 4. LP prompts actually asked in R3 / R4 / BR / HM (exact or UNNAMED)

| Exact prompt or UNNAMED | Slot | URL |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tell me about a time when you had to deep dive to solve a particular problem. | our R3 UTA | LC 6653463 |
| Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback and how you handled it. | our R3 UTA | same |
| two LP UNNAMED in-depth | our R3 UTA | Naina |
| Can you describe a complex problem you encountered that required in-depth research, development of proof of concepts, and exploration of multiple solutions to address the issue? | AUTA HM | LC 7563011 |
| A challenge I solved; Missing a deadline; A problem I identified myself; Simplifying a process | AUTA BR | LC 8362604 |
| Tell me about a time you got feedback | AUTA BR | LC 6806195 |
| Tell me about a time you faced critical issues | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me about a time you went beyond your task/job | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me something that you are not good at | AUTA BR | LC 7035289 |
| How would you learn a new Technology | AUTA BR | same |
| Most Challenging Project you have ever worked on | AUTA BR | same |
| Time you went above and beyond your expectations | AUTA R2 (not R3) | LC 7035289 |
| A time you took on something significant outside your responsibility | AUTA R2 | same |
| Why Amazon; Deep Dive; Learn & Be Curious; Earn Trust | BR (names not full STAR text) | LC 7623949 |
| A scenario where you had to deep dive (extensive follow-ups) | BR | LC 7724048 |
| A scenario where you missed a commitment or deadline | BR | same |
| A scenario where you had to convince someone of your approach | BR | same |
| Tell me a time where you needed to deep dive to find a problem/issue? How did you found that? What actions did you took? | R4 behavioral | IE.in 85 |
| Tell me a time when you didn’t know what to do next or how to solve a challenging problem. how did you learn what you dont know? What were the options you considered? What was the outcome? | R4 | same |
| Give me an example of a tough or critical piece of feedback you received? How did you deal with it? | R4 | same |
| Tell me about a time you received critical feedback. How did you work on it? | AUTA BR | IE.in 2024-grad |
| Tell me about a technically complex discussion you had. What was the outcome? What was the most valuable insight? | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me about a difficult situation that required you to deep dive. How did you validate your approach? What would you do differently today? | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me about a time you missed a commitment. | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me about a challenging implementation you handled. | AUTA BR | same |
| Tell me about a time you faced a significant technical challenge. | HM | GFG Apr 2026 |
| Describe a situation where you had to solve a problem with limited information. | HM | same |
| Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a teammate/manager. | HM | same |
| When you did something extra for customers? | R3 | GFG sde-1-17 |
| When you and the client had different POV and how did you solve that? | R3 | same |
| When you had tough deadlines, and you had to make compromise what did you do? | R2 (not R3) | same |
| When you worked out of your designated work? | R2 | same |
| The time when you took the initiative and it went wrong how did u handle it | BR 2022 | GFG 2022 FTE |
| The time when you receive direct praise from your manager or customer | BR 2022 | same |
| The time when you failed a deadline | BR 2022 | same |
| The time when you innovated something | BR 2022 | same |
| The time when you improved an internal process in your team that helped others | BR 2022 | same |
| The time when you took ownership of a product/feature | BR 2022 | same |
| The time when you worked extra { weekends etc} to complete a task and why was this needed. | BR 2022 | same |
| Innovate / Frugality applied to GenAI project architecture | R3 | LC 7981646 |
| 3–4 LP UNNAMED deep | BR | LC 8029194 |
| couple LP UNNAMED formality | AUTA BR | LC 7406809 |
| work-experience questions UNNAMED then coding | BR | LC 6881058 |
| 5–6 Bar Raiser questions UNNAMED exact (ownership, conflicts, pressure) | BR | GFG sde1-off-campus |
| LP only UNNAMED | Rate Limiter loop final | IE.in 2025-grad |
| Dive Deep + Earn Trust + Learn & Be Curious | BR | Aditya C. |
| Ownership / decision-making UNNAMED exact | BR | Ansuman |

---

## 5. Unnamed (stay unnamed)

- Naina R3 light SD prompt
- Shiwangi R4 medium Sliding Window
- 8343668 all DSA, HM LLD, GenAI, BR technical-no-code
- 7981646 R2 Trees and DP; R3 BS-via-PQ edge cases
- 8029194 jumps / max reachable index DP (R2)
- Aditya C. LL/Trees R1; Heap R2; DP + min-max heaps R3; GenAI prompts
- 7643209 intern min-heap / tree / stack (NDA)
- GFG Apr 2026 String/Prefix Sum; Graph/DP
- Deepanshu R2 75 min (SERP truncated)
- GFG sde1-off-campus BR 5–6 LP exact text
- 6800853 BR (scheduled, not written)
- Guitar Note (Ansuman)
- Reddit AUTA Chennai 1qj304z BR LP-only (**403** this pass; prior bank)

Do not guess LC ids.

---

## 6. Class C dump

- [crackinterviewai.in SDE-1 India 2026](https://www.crackinterviewai.in/blog/amazon-sde-1-india-interview-experience) — loop SEO, not an IE
- [papersadda onsite 2026](https://papersadda.com/article/amazon-sde1-onsite-2026-tier2-engineer-real-loop/) — placement-paper product
- [getpersonalisedcv 2026 guide](https://getpersonalisedcv.in/blog/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-guide-2026) — invented “vending machine” R3
- [crackingwalnuts SDE I](https://crackingwalnuts.com/companies/amazon/sde1) — generic weights
- [dglearning 2026 loop](https://dglearning.substack.com/p/inside-the-amazon-2026-loop-rounds) — rubric essay
- [spacecomplexity Bar Raiser](https://spacecomplexity.ai/blog/amazon-bar-raiser-interview) — prep
- [igotanoffer SDE](https://igotanoffer.com/blogs/tech/amazon-software-development-engineer-interview) — US prep
- [devsunite fresher 2026](https://devsunite.com/blog/my-amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-as-a-fresher-2026) — **I could not verify** first-hand (SERP only)
- [CareerForFreshers](https://careerforfreshers.com/computer-engineering-jobs/amazon-recruitment-freshers-engineer/) — 10454435 aggregator, invents round names
- [Siddhant Rana LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/siddhant-rana-6035bb157_amazon-amazonjobs-amazonhiring-activity-7485366227725467649-qtkV) — Job **10454435** referral, no questions
- Official JD [amazon.jobs 10454435](https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10454435/software-dev-engineer-i-amazon-university-talent-acquisition) — **404 this pass**; process/quals only when live; **no questions**
- LC 8413215 titled OA link for Job 10454435 — browser: **“Post not exist.”** No live-round Q.
- iamunemployed.xyz amazon archive — scrape index, not a first-hand body
- Mentor Login Tracker / Ravi Bhaiya STAR — not public proof

---

## 7. Source log

# | URL | Title | Date | First-hand IE? | Role | Round labeled? | Opened body? | Named Q? | Duplicate of #
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6800853/amazon-interview-experience-sde1-by-anon-vdbd/ | SDE1 AUTA | Jun 2025 | Y | SDE1 AUTA | Y OA-as-R1 | Y browser | Y | —
2 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/7406809/ | legacy path | — | same as #3 | — | — | not separately | — | Duplicate of 3
3 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7406809/amazon-sde-1-auta-interview-experience-s-k6t7/ | AUTA selected | Dec 2025 | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y | Y | Y | —
4 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7623949/amazon-sde-1-application-interview-exper-92xt/ | 1-year timeline | Mar 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y GenAI Fluency + BR | Y | Y | —
5 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7724048/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-t6fz/ | selected | 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | Y | —
6 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7850431/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-imx-xitu/ | SDE-1 | Apr 2026 post | Y | SDE-1 | Y | LC missing; reprint #43 | Y via reprint | Duplicate of 43
7 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8362604/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-auta-a-5wmt/ | AUTA APAC India 2026 | Jun 2026 | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y HM+BR | Y | Y | —
8–10 | 8362603 / 8361451 / 8361452 | same title | — | reprints | — | — | GraphQL title only | — | Duplicate of 7
11 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7563011/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-ano-duqw/ | AUTA Bengaluru | 2025 | Y | SDE I AUTA | Y HM | Y | Y | —
12 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6806195/amazon-auta-interview-experience-sde-1-2-f90u/ | AUTA 2024 batch | Jun 2025 offer | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y BR | Y | Y | —
13 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6881058/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-bar-ra-ayfb/ | Bar Raiser final | Jun 24 2025 | Y | SDE-1 BLR | Y R4 BR | Y | Y NEW | —
14 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8343668/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2026-s-uroi/ | 2026 selected | Jun 19 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | N (unnamed) | —
15 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7643209/amazon-sde-intern-interview-experience-b-ebh1/ | Intern | Mar 12 2026 | Y INTERN | intern | Y GenAI Fluency | Y | unnamed heap | —
16 | https://igreaper.medium.com/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-a69578a4f699 | Pratham | Mar 3 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y OA-as-R1 | Y | Y | —
17 | https://interviewexperiences.in/experience/amazon/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-sde1-auta | — | — | — | — | — | **404** | — | I could not verify
18 | https://medium.com/@nainavangani09/my-amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-2025-selected-dea6b5e9e3e9 | Naina UTA | Jul 2025 | Y | SDE-1 UTA | Y R3 | Y | LP+SD unnamed | —
19 | https://medium.com/@sshiwangi770/my-amazon-interview-experience-1ab2fd4f9e6f | Shiwangi UTA | Feb 2025 | Y | SDE I UTA | Y R3/R4 | Y | bookstore + SW | —
20 | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/amazon-interview-experience-for-sde-1-17/ | sde-1-17 | upd 23 Jul 2025 | Y | SDE-1 | Y R3/R4 | Y | sudoku + CAT→MEN | —
21 | https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/interview-experiences/sde-1-amazon-experience-verdict-selected/ | Apr 2026 selected | 13 Apr 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM | Y | LP named; DSA unnamed | —
22 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7981646/amazon-sde-1-offer-received-2025-grad-by-ebwo/ | 2025 grad offer | Apr 18 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y R3/R4 | Y | Y | —
23 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8014509/amazon-sde-1-interview-experience-by-pra-azvd/ | Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | Y LC linked | —
24 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8029194/amazon-interview-sde-1-selected-by-anony-qatd/ | selected | 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | Y | —
25 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/7035289/amazon-sde-1-offer-by-anonymous_user-3efp/ | AUTA offer | Aug 2025 | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y BR | Y | Y | —
26 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/6653463/amazon-software-dev-engineer-1-universit-dtk5/ | UTA | Apr 2025 | Y | SDE-1 UTA | Y R3 | Y | Y | —
27 | amazon.jobs 10454435 | JD | — | N | AUTA SDE I | N | **404** this pass | none | —
28 | amazon.jobs en-in 10454435 | — | — | N | — | — | not re-fetched | — | prior 404
29 | https://leetcode.com/discuss/post/8413215/has-anyone-received-oa-test-link-for-sde-4qcy/ | OA link 10454435 | — | N | — | OA logistics | **Post not exist** | none | —
30 | IE.in 2024-grad AUTA | selected | BR Feb 2026 | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y BR | Y | LP exact | —
31 | IE.in 2025-grad | Rate Limiter | 2025 | Y | SDE-1 | Y | Y | Rate Limiter | —
32 | old.reddit 1qj304z | AUTA Chennai | — | Y prior | SDE 1 AUTA | Y BR | **403** | — | I could not re-verify
33 | old.reddit 1ueybmg | AUTA same-day | — | Y prior | — | — | not this pass | — | prior bank
34 | LC 6475219 | BLR | — | Y prior | — | R3 BR | not this pass | — | freeze
35 | LC 6425074 | AUTA BR LP | — | Y prior | — | — | not this pass | — | freeze
36 | LC 6491881 | Feb 2025 | — | Y prior | — | BR | not this pass | — | freeze
37 | DevBrainiac 126 | 4 rounds | 28 May 2026 | Y NMF | SDE-1 ~2 YOE | Y | Y | Y | NMF
38 | IE.in intern oncampus | 2026 | Y INTERN | intern | Y | Y | Next Greater | —
39 | IE.in intern DSA+GenAI | Apr 2026 | Y INTERN | intern | Y | Y | Y | ≡ LC 8098488
40 | Deepanshu Jindal LinkedIn | AUTA 58 days | Jul 31 2026 | Y | SDE-1 AUTA | Y R3+BR | snippet / 404 | topic list | —
41 | Aditya C. LinkedIn | 4 rounds rejected | ~Apr 2026 | Y | SDE1 | Y GenAI Fluency | Y | unnamed DSA | —
42 | LC 8098488 | intern | Apr 2026 | Y INTERN | intern | Y | Cloudflare WebFetch; IE.in opened | Y | Duplicate of 39
43 | IE.in 85 | reprint 7850431 | — | Y | SDE-1 | Y | Y | Y | Canonical for 7850431 this pass
44 | Prince Medium | Job 3057703 | 2025 | Y | SDE-1 | Y BR | SERP/partial | internships+LP | freeze
45 | Bhavya LinkedIn | Hyd | 2026 | Y | SDE1 | Y HM+BR | search dump | Spring login | freeze
46 | Taanya LinkedIn | — | 2026 | Y | SDE 1 | Y HM | search dump | maps+heaps UNNAMED | freeze
47 | iamunemployed.xyz/archives/amazon | scrape index | — | N | mix | — | Y index | N | Class C index
48 | GFG sde1-off-campus | selected | upd 5 Sep 2025 | Y | SDE1 | Y BR | Y | SWM; CS II | —
49 | GFG 2022 FTE | 2022 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | year-out | —
50 | LC 6813913 | 2025 5-round | — | Y NMF | — | BR LP | SERP | — | NMF
51 | Ansuman Das LinkedIn | selected | ~May 2026 | Y | SDE-1 | Y HM+BR | Y | Y | —
52 | Siddhant Rana LinkedIn | 10454435 referral | Jul 2026 | N | — | N | snippet | none | Class C

Must-open remaining: **all listed URLs** are opened-body, snippet, 403, 404, timeout, or “I could not verify.”

---

## Job 10454435

**Still none.** No opened IE names this Job ID for a live-round coding / OOD / LP / GenAI question. LC 8413215 is deleted/missing. Official JD 404 this pass. Referral posts Class C.

## Mentor vs public

- Login Tracker: **unverified**
- Rate Limiter: **one** first-hand SDE I Second Technical (IE.in 2025-grad). 8362604 “rate limiting decisions” are **BR story follow-ups**, not a second Rate Limiter LLD ask.