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The site is slow

August 31, 2019

The Site is slow is an open-ended system design interview question. It is a collaborative problem-solving exercise that asserts the breadth of a candidate’s knowledge. At the same time, it allows the interviewer to dive deep into dedicated topics and … Read the rest

Amazon AWS EC2 instances propagation time

August 27, 2019

This is one of my favorite coding interview questions at the moment.
This question reflects a realistic real-world problem. It’s not just an artificial question not rooted in any form in reality.

Problem statement

Ec2 enables customers to rent virtual

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Interview coding question checklist or canvas

August 11, 2019

Having a rigorous procedure to approach a coding question is key to nail your tech interview.

You can think about our interview coding question canvas as a checklist that can be used anytime you approach a new coding problem. The … Read the rest

Shot taken at YVR11, Telus Garden, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Amazon coding interview questions

August 1, 2019

A quick search on Google for “Amazon coding interview questions” yields to a whole lot of results in different flavors.

Let’s get one thing straight: Interviewers at Amazon are free to ask ANY questions they want. Which implies that there … Read the rest

10+ Amazon coding interview tips

July 30, 2019

In this post, we will go over a few tips for a successful coding interview at Amazon. This is based on my observations of conducting interviews for the past few years and from my own experience in interviewing with dozen … Read the rest