What is advertised is shinier than reality
What is advertised is shinier than reality
The name itself: Amazon/AWS.
Variety of career opportunities. Being able to move across teams (with internal loops) is very nice.
Many resources to learn.
If you are in tech, you have a free AWS account to test (with a limit, of course).
Good culture.
Almost everyone is professional and nice.
The workload varies from team to team.
Like any other workplace, your blocker for growth might be your manager or the team culture. However, what is advertised is shinier than the real thing.
I am not sure about the diversity, openness, and work-life balance.
You need to continuously "raise the bar." This is a nice slogan, but it is a double-edged blade and can be used by different "human" managers in different ways.
- Let employees talk freely during their 1:1s.
- Listen to them carefully.
- Do not always blame the employee; what they are complaining about might be really true!
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One technical question was asked, followed by questions on how to make the algorithm efficient. Explain the approach and talk about your thinking process. Ask questions to get your doubts cleared.
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It was tiresome, but they were very fast when getting back to you. They were very friendly and offered a relatively fair and standard interview across the board, despite the different skills on the resumes.
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OA - Part 1: Coding Assessment (2 questions on HackerRank). Part 2: Workstyle assessment - checks your decision making and gives you a demo of how a day-to-day looks like. Phone Screen - Depends on interviewer. Be careful of easy but tricky LeetCode
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Dublin, Leinster, IrelandMay 9, 2025One technical question was asked, followed by questions on how to make the algorithm efficient. Explain the approach and talk about your thinking process. Ask questions to get your doubts cleared.
Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern
Dublin, Leinster, IrelandJune 1, 2025It was tiresome, but they were very fast when getting back to you. They were very friendly and offered a relatively fair and standard interview across the board, despite the different skills on the resumes.
Graduate SWE
Dublin, Leinster, IrelandMarch 1, 2025OA - Part 1: Coding Assessment (2 questions on HackerRank). Part 2: Workstyle assessment - checks your decision making and gives you a demo of how a day-to-day looks like. Phone Screen - Depends on interviewer. Be careful of easy but tricky LeetCode
