Amazon Dublin Frontend Engineer (New Grad) – Rejected After Phone Screen
Wanted to share my interview experience so it helps others in the process.
Timeline:
Applied for SDE-1 (India AUTA) for multiple Roles/Job IDs on June 25 → Got 2 OAs.
Applied for Frontend Engineer Dublin on July 23 → Directly got Phone Screen (probably skipped OA because of previous interest form).
Total Rounds:
Round 0: Resume Shortlisting
Round 1: Online Assessments (OA)
Round 2: Phone Screen
OA 1 (India SDE-1):
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Topics: DSA-heavy — I can’t share exact Qs, but expect standard high-quality Amazon-style problems.
Time: Almost took 50+ minutes.
OA 2:
Difficulty: Medium
Topics: Arrays, Sliding Window, HashMaps — time-sensitive, edge-case heavy.
Time: Was able to complete in 13 minutes.
Phone Screen (Dublin FEE):
DSA Problem: Focused on Binary Search + Prefix Sum, with optimal solution via Segment Tree. I gave a brute-force O(N) first, then tried optimizing (Binary Search in O(log N)) — implemented ~50%. Couldn’t finish fully due to time constraints.
LPs (Leadership Principles): Took 40+ minutes. Very important. Interviewer asked to structure responses using STAR and go deep into past experiences.
No frontend questions.
Outcome: Rejected.
My Reflection:
LP part went well. Interviewer was supportive.
I struggled a bit with DSA optimization under time pressure.
Was my first serious interview at this level — learned a ton.
📌 Will keep applying. This process gave me clarity on what to improve next.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DSA Problem: Focused on Binary Search + Prefix Sum, with optimal solution via Segment Tree. I gave a brute-force O(N) first, then tried optimizing (Binary Search in O(log N)) — implemented ~50%. Couldn’t finish fully due to time constraints.
LPs (Leadership Principles): Took 40+ minutes. Very important. Interviewer asked to structure responses using STAR and go deep into past experiences.
Applied online via career site, received OA link within 2 days and cleared it, Round 1- DSA, Round-2 DSA, Round 3- System Design, Round 4- Mixed Technical Discussion and Behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of Islands (LC 200 - Medium): You are heavily advised to know how to traverse connected components using a 2D grid.
Interview involved one screening OA and one final day, 3 back to back interviews, one technical, one behavioral and one mix. Focused on leader ship principles and DSA and algo
Good and better interview so far its worth giving a try rather than not. Good interviewer pleasant speaking and comfortable so far its worth giving a try rather than not good interviewer pleasant speaking and good