Work on very interesting projects. Lots of opportunities to grow technically. Looks great on a resume.
PIP factory stories are real. Even if you start with a good manager, getting a new manager can ruin your experience.
Leadership principles and other things like "working backwards" or "two-way door" are cult nonsense that makes people at Amazon think they know better than everyone else in the industry who already does the same things.
Managers are given far too much leeway.
If a manager doesn't like someone, they can trivially ruin their career at Amazon, and HR is useless in protecting non-managers.
The PIP factory discourages quality engineers from staying around. Instead, you keep people who know how to rub elbows.
Recruiter reached out and scheduled a 1:1 with a senior engineer on the team I applied for. Two 30-minute interviews followed. Interviews were a mix of behavioral and technical questions.
Typical Amazon interview format. First round: Phone background check interview. I was allowed to choose between a phone round or a technical screening test. I chose a phone technical round. After that, it was the final round with five interviews.
Design a flashcard app. Optimize it if there are 1 million cards. How would you improve accessibility? How would you improve the nationality etc.? Five behavior questions: * What did you learn from your last job? * Describe a conflict with a collea
Recruiter reached out and scheduled a 1:1 with a senior engineer on the team I applied for. Two 30-minute interviews followed. Interviews were a mix of behavioral and technical questions.
Typical Amazon interview format. First round: Phone background check interview. I was allowed to choose between a phone round or a technical screening test. I chose a phone technical round. After that, it was the final round with five interviews.
Design a flashcard app. Optimize it if there are 1 million cards. How would you improve accessibility? How would you improve the nationality etc.? Five behavior questions: * What did you learn from your last job? * Describe a conflict with a collea