Lots of opportunities and challenges of scale.
Rich problem set to pick from.
Lots of existing skills and specializations to tap into for collaboration on impactful projects.
Excellent set of engineers in the wider organization, and a great team of colleagues.
Amazon's "values" and culture are really well-explained; employees follow these tenets, and you can clearly see why a large company is able to work efficiently and nimbly as a result of this culture.
For someone from a smaller shop, the large organization may be overwhelming and sometimes confusing. However, colleagues are always there to help point you in the right direction when you need to.
Large company-wide initiatives are possible, but you need to be patient and plan them right.
Protect your time -- there's a lot of interesting stuff happening at the company; prioritization of what you want to work on and protecting your time from meetings cannot be overemphasized.
Amazon culture is a huge part of the success of the company, as I see it. We should strive to maintain it, and grow and evolve it with the company and the times.
The process is very thorough and takes a significant investment in time. That being said, they were very proactive in finding the right team for me to apply to, and I was given 3 different options. The interview process was very enjoyable, if not tr
The interviewer was not prepared. They did not try to understand the solution, even though it was correct. I think they were absent-minded. It was a little unfortunate, but that's okay. I just wanted to inform everyone that this can happen. Not ever
OA and then interview. The online assessment was 2 LeetCode medium problems in 60 minutes. The interview was 1 LeetCode medium problem—a class design question—and two Amazon Leadership Principles behavioral questions about past experiences.
The process is very thorough and takes a significant investment in time. That being said, they were very proactive in finding the right team for me to apply to, and I was given 3 different options. The interview process was very enjoyable, if not tr
The interviewer was not prepared. They did not try to understand the solution, even though it was correct. I think they were absent-minded. It was a little unfortunate, but that's okay. I just wanted to inform everyone that this can happen. Not ever
OA and then interview. The online assessment was 2 LeetCode medium problems in 60 minutes. The interview was 1 LeetCode medium problem—a class design question—and two Amazon Leadership Principles behavioral questions about past experiences.