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Software Development Engineer
Seattle, WA· Summer 2026
Summer 2026No Offer
Georgia Tech · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Hard Interview
TechnicalBehavioralVirtual
Interview with 2 engineers for about 50 min. Asked me to describe the architecture of a system I worked on, that was my capstone REST API. Then some behavioral stuff about my biggest failure and conflict with supervisors. And then had me describe my personal brand in five words, weirdest interview question I've ever gotten
Questions Asked
1.“Tell me about a time you had to ship a feature faster than you were comfortable with”
Software Engineer
Seattle, WA· Summer 2026
Summer 2026Accepted
University of Waterloo · Software Engineering
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships
Easy Interview
TechnicalBehavioralMultiple rounds
one of the best interview processes I've been through, pair programming was chill and the engineer was super helpful not adversarial at all and life story was actually kind of nice to do. I ended up declining because I got a US offer that paid way more but I'd come back and interview at amazon again in a heartbeat, they seem to care about who you are as a person
Questions Asked
1.“What makes Amazon stand out to you as an employer?”
2.“Implement pow(x, n) without using built-in power functions”
Quantitative Trading
New York, NY· Summer 2026
Summer 2026No Offer
University of Waterloo · Mathematics
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships
Hard Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsStressful
Big group meeting where they gave an overview of Jane Street and the internship program and then split us into smaller groups for individual interviews. HR plus the manager had behavioral questions. They also made us do this Thomas International psychometric test, like 20 minutes of pattern matching and personality stuff
Questions Asked
1.“What is Brownian motion and what are its key properties”
2.“Explain what gamma is in options pricing. What does a large gamma position mean?”
Software Engineer
Seattle, WA· Summer 2026
Summer 2026No Offer
Dalhousie University · Computer Science
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
Behavioral
OA was standard medium difficulty coding problems and the work simulation was kind of intuitive if you've read about their Leadership Principles beforehand. the behavioral section of the final interview goes deep on LP stuff, wanted to know about a time showing ownership and really wanted a strong specific example. the coding part was fine but having weak LP stories is enough to get rejected even if your technical skills are solid, prep your behavioral stories people it's not optional here lol
Questions Asked
1.“Given a stream of integers, maintain the running median efficiently”
2.“Given an array of integers, return the indices of two numbers that add up to a target value”
Consulting Analyst
Vancouver, BC· Summer 2025
Summer 2025No Offer
University of British Columbia · Commerce
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 4+ past internships
Hard Interview
Case studyBehavioralMultiple rounds
Round 1 with a consultant was fine, got through the case and the fit felt natural. Round 2 with a partner was harder. Case was a retail chain deciding whether to close underperforming stores and the math got messy. Partner also was asking about a time I had to influence someone without authority, very common Bain culture question so prep that
Questions Asked
1.“A Canadian mining company is evaluating the economics of a new site in Northern Ontario”
2.“Your client is a mid-size grocery chain facing pressure from Walmart and online delivery. What strategy do you recommend?”
3.“Operations improvement case: a manufacturing plant's output has fallen 10% over the past two quarters”
Software Engineer
New York, NY· Summer 2025
Summer 2025No Offer
Arizona State University · Computer Science
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Passed the HackerRank then on Zoom got one question and solved it but missed an edge case with negative numbers. The recorded video screening after felt like a formality but never secured the role.
Questions Asked
1.“What is an ORM and what are its trade-offs?”
2.“What's a foreign key constraint and why does it matter?”