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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by throckmortra on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:59PM (#33628590)
They clearly layout their interview process and even have a video series on YouTube explaining how to pass it. It is not difficult but time-consuming to learn their interview "language"

Leetcode screens are a matter of grinding for a couple of weeks

Source: received an offer from them in March

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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by pmoriarty on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:48PM (#33632737)
"Leetcode screens are a matter of grinding for a couple of weeks"

Did you have formal compsci training before you started studying for leetcode? Did you study algorithms before that?

Just wondering how hard it would be for someone who never got a compsci degree and knows nothing about algorithms.

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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by throckmortra on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:07PM (#33632957)
Yes but it doesn't matter, it's a skill you gain and lose with repetition. I have seen many people without formal compsci training pick it up quickly
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by Tronno on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @07:15PM (#33633037)
This may be true for most "leetcode Easy" questions, but in my experience, Medium and Hard ones require familiarity with graph traversal, sorting algorithms, dynamic programming, etc. In other words: dedicated study.
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