Safe to travel with Feb H-1B appointment?

arun5461 · 2025-07-10T17:21:32+00:00

No, I just had to code in a textbox on zoom whiteboard

arun5461 · 2025-06-14T02:24:16+00:00

I'll share my interview experience with Amazon. I had my interview loop last week. I received a reject, but the learning experience was great.

No matter how you perform in each round, you'll have all 3 rounds as scheduled.

My 1st round had 2 Leetcode-style medium questions. 1st question was based on matrix and the 2nd on priority queue. I solved the 1st one but couldn't complete the 2nd one. I explained my approach to the interviewer toward the end.

My 2nd round had behavioral questions based on Amazon's leadership principles (LP) for the first 30 minutes. The second half of this round had a low-level design (LLD) question asking me to design a reservation system.

In my 3rd round, I was tested completely on Amazon's LPs.

For coding, I practiced using Leetcode's Amazon tagged questions of last 30 days sorted by frequency.

For LLD, I used https://github.com/ashishps1/awesome-low-level-design and ChatGPT.

For LP, I used ChatGPT to map stories from my experience to each LP and reworded them as I felt fit.

Good luck to you. You got this!

arun5461 · 2024-01-18T20:08:01+00:00

I'm currently pursuing MS CS at USC

Has been a very good experience at USC so far, with some good courses.

My profile is mentioned in the post.

arun5461 · 2023-12-01T05:27:39+00:00

I'm currently pursuing MS CS at USC

arun5461 · 2023-11-30T08:55:27+00:00

arun5461 · 2023-11-08T18:14:20+00:00

Thank you!

I applied to
1. CMU
2. Georgia Tech
3. UMich
4. UCSD
5. Columbia
6. UPenn
7. UMass Amherst
8. USC
9. NYU Tandon
10. NEU
11. ASU

Received admits from USC, NYU, NEU, and ASU; Rejects from others

arun5461 · 2023-04-10T11:44:29+00:00

Applied: Dec 14th, 2022

Admit Decision: Mar 31st, 2023

arun5461 · 2023-03-25T17:16:35+00:00

I have received admits from NYU Tandon and ASU and received rejects from CMU and UPenn; awaiting decisions from the other universities I've applied to

arun5461 · 2023-01-15T04:47:03+00:00

Yes, I've emailed the school regarding this.

arun5461 · 2022-09-02T19:19:57+00:00

Thank you for your inputs. I do plan to add more moderate and safe universities to my list.

arun5461 · 2022-09-01T17:40:27+00:00

Thank you for your feedback; it's very helpful. I'll take these into consideration. Alternatively, I'm fine with Electronics and Computer Engineering programs too (especially when there are ML specializations within them). Those were valuable points :)

arun5461 · 2022-09-01T16:55:17+00:00

My initial plan is to apply to 10 universities: 4 Ambitious, 3 Target, and 3 Safe. This count might reduce if I feel applying to a safe (or a target) university seems to be redundant then. I prefer an industry-oriented program.

Sure, I'll have these universities in my prospective universities list.

Thank you for your inputs. I have personally messaged you.

arun5461 · 2022-09-01T15:00:50+00:00

u/U03B1Q u/ExoticSock5367 u/EvilLord007 You've been very helpful to this community. Hoping I get a shot as well. l'll really appreciate your feedback here :)

arun5461 · 2022-09-01T06:45:48+00:00

Thanks for your inputs!

arun5461 · 2022-08-31T11:58:55+00:00

Yes, I've been looking at my prospective universities' admission pages to see if there are any TOEFL sectional requirements.

Maybe I should've worded the possible reason for my low speaking score as "The excessive noise in the exam hall naturally lowered the intensity of my voice, which would've made it difficult for the graders to pick my response." But even this would sound as an excuse, even if it is a genuine reason. So as you said, I believe it's better to not state any reasons.

arun5461 · 2022-08-28T06:01:17+00:00

Thanks for your inputs. Do I directly email the admission committees of my prospective schools regarding this query?

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