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Changing Requirements in the LLD Round and a Distributed Cache Design

AmazonSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Other · Jun 2026

I've been applying to SDE-2 roles at MAANG-tier companies for the better part of a year, and it was rough going. I collected plenty of instant rejections right at the start, and that made it clear I had to prepare much harder. On the DSA side I mostly stuck to the LeetCode Premium MAANG checklist. My LLD prep came from Medium articles and YouTube channels. Reading past interview experiences for t…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jun 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.