American Express interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview
Data Analyst
American Express
3 rounds | 3 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Preparation
Duration: 6 Months
Topics: Data Structures, DBMS, OOPS, OS, CNS, SQL
Tip 1 : Prepare short hand written notes for a quick glance before each interview.
Tip 2 : Start with Easy questions for DSA and Slowly Increase your level to medium and then to hard. Do not Rush things.
Tip 3 : Follow LOVE BABBAR'S DSA sheet. It's the best.
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Cgpa above 8
Tip 1 : Mention only genuine Skills on your resume. Do not lie or over-exaggerate
Tip 2 : Do not put Coursera/Udemy or any such Course Certifications on Your Resume, As Interviewers do not care about where You learnt things from, They only care about The things you know.
Interview rounds
01
Round
Medium
Online Coding Interview
Duration90 Minutes
Interview date29 Jul 2021
Coding problem1
5-9pm
1. Maximum In Sliding Windows Of Size K
Moderate
20m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
Given an array/list of integers of length ‘N’, there is a sliding window of size ‘K’ which moves from the beginning of the array, to the very end. You can only see the ‘K’ numbers in a particular window at a time. For each of the 'N'-'K'+1 different windows thus formed, you are supposed to return the maximum element in each of them, from the given array/list.
Problem approach
It was a medium level question.
02
Round
Medium
Video Call
Duration45 Minutes
Interview date6 Aug 2021
Coding problem1
Timing was Morning-noon
Interviewer was super friendly.
He even helped me at places I got Stuck
1. DBMS Question
A quite Complex Joins Problem.
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Practice Multiple SQL queries.
Tip 2 : Also Go through basics of dbms.
03
Round
Easy
HR Round
Duration15 Minutes
Interview date6 Aug 2021
Coding problem1
Easiest HR round ever.
Just 15 mins after the technical interview round
1. Basic HR questions
What do you know about amex.
Why amex.
Willing to relocate.
What excites you about this role.
Why did you apply for this role in the first place.
Problem approach
Tip 1 : Show that you are excited but not over excited.
Tip 2 : Show how you'll be an asset to the company.
Tip 3 : Be Utterly Honest. Just be Honest. Be it be against you or for you, From my experience honestly always works like a charm.
Here's your problem of the day 
Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company
Skill covered: Programming
What is the output of print(type("Python"))?
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