Amazon is a great place, despite senior leadership
Amazon is a great place, despite senior leadership
Great talent, fast pace, data-driven culture.
Workload, engineering overheads, poor L8+ leadership.
Many leadership principles and a lack of leadership. Leadership is when you do what you expect your team to do.
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Engineering Manager
The interview process includes both technical and people management components. Technical design typically involves a complex design, often including distributed systems. People management questions usually take the form of "tell me about a time" s
Engineering Manager
Terse and dismissive, I didn't get the feeling the interviewer wanted me to succeed. The questions were very much focused on my past experience rather than my qualities as a manager.
Engineering Manager
I was pinged by a recruiter on LinkedIn while exploring new roles. It started with the usual recruiter screen, covering past experience, leadership roles, and my motivation for the switch. Amazon's Leadership Principles (LPs) started showing up even
Engineering Manager
United StatesJuly 29, 2025The interview process includes both technical and people management components. Technical design typically involves a complex design, often including distributed systems. People management questions usually take the form of "tell me about a time" s
Engineering Manager
London, United KingdomJune 10, 2025Terse and dismissive, I didn't get the feeling the interviewer wanted me to succeed. The questions were very much focused on my past experience rather than my qualities as a manager.
Engineering Manager
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2025I was pinged by a recruiter on LinkedIn while exploring new roles. It started with the usual recruiter screen, covering past experience, leadership roles, and my motivation for the switch. Amazon's Leadership Principles (LPs) started showing up even
