Graduate Software Developer Interview Experience - Cape Town, South Africa
February 1, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview is mostly technical questions about data structures and algorithms, along with one coding question. You can choose any language you like to code in. There are only two personal experience questions, designed to showcase your leadership skills.
Questions
What was a time you had to turn to a leader about a problem?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Amazon Graduate Software Developer role in Cape Town, South Africa.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Amazon's interview process for their Graduate Software Developer roles in Cape Town, South Africa is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive0%
Neutral100%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Amazon's Graduate Software Developer interview process in Cape Town, South Africa.
Amazon Work Experiences
3.0
Depends on your team
Software Development Engineer I • Current Employee
Cape Town, South Africa
August 9, 2017
Pros: You're surrounded by very smart people.
Great location and facilities.
Flexible hours.
Nice company culture.
Very understanding managers.
Work from home when you need to.
Cons: Depending on your team, you don't get to write a lot of code and spend a lot of time on ops.
Even simple systems are a pain to write due to all the legacy services you have to deal with and interact with; this can be very frustrating.
Developers end up doing a lot of administrator work.
There's a very small chance of ever working on a new system.
5.0
Very good company
Site Engineer • Former Employee
Cape Town, South Africa
October 31, 2021
Pros: A good company to work at. Very good culture and equality.
Cons: High pressure and fast pace.
5.0
Great working space
Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Former Employee
Cape Town, South Africa
February 15, 2023
Pros: The internship paid good money.
Cons: There was a lot to do.
- 3.0Depends on your teamSoftware Development Engineer I • Current EmployeeCape Town, South AfricaAugust 9, 2017Pros: You're surrounded by very smart people. Great location and facilities. Flexible hours. Nice company culture. Very understanding managers. Work from home when you need to.Cons: Depending on your team, you don't get to write a lot of code and spend a lot of time on ops. Even simple systems are a pain to write due to all the legacy services you have to deal with and interact with; this can be very frustrating. Developers end up doing a lot of administrator work. There's a very small chance of ever working on a new system.
- 5.0Very good companySite Engineer • Former EmployeeCape Town, South AfricaOctober 31, 2021Pros: A good company to work at. Very good culture and equality.Cons: High pressure and fast pace.
- 5.0Great working spaceSoftware Development Engineer (SDE) • Former EmployeeCape Town, South AfricaFebruary 15, 2023Pros: The internship paid good money.Cons: There was a lot to do.
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