chloechen1999Aug 2, 2026

Amazon rejection after a year long loop

Hack2hire Community · 2026-08-02T12:00:00.347Z

Amazon rejection after a year long loop Just got rejected from Amazon after basically a year long process, and honestly the LP grind wore me down more than the coding did. OA was standard DP and graph stuff, fine. Phone screen a few months later, sliding window problem plus the classic tell me about a tight deadline LP question, went fine as far as I could tell. VO was four rounds, coding, some sliding window and two pointer stuff, one system design on the YouTube style question, and every singl...

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vikram44Aug 2, 2026

at least the bar raiser was polite, heard some rough stories about that round

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User-a5janAug 2, 2026

sorry to hear it, hope the next one moves faster

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ethanliuAug 2, 2026

a year for one loop is rough, did you get any actual reason from the bar raiser round or just generic feedback after

User-n09xvAug 2, 2026

just the generic template, nothing specific unfortunately

User-2bjgcAug 2, 2026

the LP stacking every single round is exhausting, feels like the same 3 stories on repeat by the end

User-u3ep0Aug 3, 2026

so real, by round 4 you're just reciting yourself at that point

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