Great Tech, Wrong Role
Great Tech, Wrong Role
Offers an attractive package. Freedom to take time off and work from home. Good infrastructure. Great technologies to work with. Many things to learn.
Amazon recruited for a DevOps Engineer position, but the actual work is that of a Support Engineer.
The role of a Support Engineer at Amazon involves troubleshooting issues rather than developing tools for automation. People with development experience should never join as a Support Engineer.
Most of them who join this role just for the sake of the brand feel a mismatch in skills and work. Support Engineers with development experience find their skills are underutilized.
Coming to work-life balance, management turns a blind eye to distributing the workload equally among its employees. This may not be applicable in all organizations, but it is the case at least in my team.
I regret accepting the offer of a Support Engineer.
Do not recruit anyone for the role of Support Engineer who has development experience.
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Amazon Interview Experiences
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
The interview consisted of three rounds: * DSA + Behavioral questions around LPs. * LeetCode questions covering DP, Graphs, and Binary Search. * In-depth leadership questions based on past experience. LeetCode questions must be practiced well
Data Engineer
I applied through another source. There were two eliminating rounds. Round 1: - Asked three DSA questions (easy): Two Sum, Second Largest Element, Valid Parentheses. Round 2: - Asked around 7 SQL queries. - Asked what a data engineer does.
Quality Specialist
It went in a smooth way. They asked a few logical questions, aptitude questions, reasoning questions, about your introduction, strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. Overall, it was a nice experience.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaAugust 6, 2025The interview consisted of three rounds: * DSA + Behavioral questions around LPs. * LeetCode questions covering DP, Graphs, and Binary Search. * In-depth leadership questions based on past experience. LeetCode questions must be practiced well
Data Engineer
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 2, 2025I applied through another source. There were two eliminating rounds. Round 1: - Asked three DSA questions (easy): Two Sum, Second Largest Element, Valid Parentheses. Round 2: - Asked around 7 SQL queries. - Asked what a data engineer does.
Quality Specialist
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaJune 1, 2020It went in a smooth way. They asked a few logical questions, aptitude questions, reasoning questions, about your introduction, strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. Overall, it was a nice experience.
