The interview process was painful and unprofessional.

Technical test: My first HackerRank test wasn’t accepted. The recruiter couldn’t do anything about it, so I had to retake the test.

Panel: The interview panel was negative and unprofessional. I was given interviewer profiles, but half of them ended up switching around when the interview started, without any notice. All the panel members were stern and non-conversational.

In one technical test, they corrected my time complexity, but my original answer was correct. I looked this up later and had friends double-check. They all agreed with my complexity. After following up with the recruiter, I didn’t hear anything back.

Another one of the interviewers was shockingly unhelpful and rude during the test, telling me my code was plain wrong instead of allowing me to have a conversation. This interviewer checked his phone frequently while I was coding and asking questions and was dismissive and condescending when I asked questions that to him seemed obvious. I can’t joke about this. None of this is exaggerated.

Amazon stressed leadership practices immensely but only left enough time for one question at the end of each interview.

After the interviews: After the rejection, the recruiter refused to give any feedback whatsoever. Then I received three follow-up emails asking for interview feedback, which was shockingly audacious and unfair.

Conclusion: I very much got the impression that the way the company is viewed in the media is exactly how they operate internally. Employees were unfriendly and strange, offered very little understanding of how the team operates, and didn’t even seem to get along with one another. I admire Amazon products but would personally steer very, very far away. Their culture seems to be breaking down under the weight of their immense revenue.

Simple class design technical test: design a social media network where users can get boom recommendations and add friends.

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