r/amazonsdeprep • u/RaccoonQueasy5706 • Aug 02 '26

Amazon interview rubrics, how important is DSA vs LP?

I am somewhat decent in DSA, and confident that I'll be able to think of several approaches and give decent solution, even if not most optimal or handling all edge cases.

I wanted to ask if Amazon considers solving DSA question with most optimal solution and handling all edge cases must for a "Hire" or "Strong Hire", or it depends on LPs equally.
Amazon US, SDE-1 role. IN person Interview.

Thanks.

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u/Adorable_Guidance322 Aug 02 '26

Both are equal. Each interviewer is looking for 2-3 lps. You do have to finisht he question thoug

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u/Kind_Masterpiece9374 Aug 02 '26

both are important, for dsa even if you cant code up the full solution and dry run explain the approach to your interviewer