Amazon - a 7-month perspective
Amazon - a 7-month perspective
- Amazing culture.
- Inspiring people; our people raise the bar.
- Structured onboarding process.
- Great benefits, very comparable to other Fortune 500s I have been at.
- Amazing tech.
- Growth opportunity is limitless.
- Growth pains: too many open reqs.
- Growth pains: managers sometimes have 15+ reports (not sustainable).
- Growth pains: your manager might change every 9 months.
Add a "people first" aspect to our leadership principles (above and beyond Hire and Develop the Best).
We need to be intentional about our focus on people, in removing undifferentiated heavy lifting, career growth, development, and balanced workloads, etc.
This is being done, but we need to state it vocally and often.
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Principal Solutions Architect
Unfortunately, my interview experience was disappointing. The interviewer seemed unprepared to conduct a well-rounded technical discussion. The questions were opaque and overly narrow, with the majority of the time spent drilling into a single topic—
Principal Solutions Architect
The interview process involved five rounds and a total of nine online interviews before the final verdict. The initial start was with an HR person who contacted me out of the blue. After the initial call, I was interviewed by the hiring manager and
Data Engineer II
Amazon interviews consist of two types of questions: * Behavioral Questions based on the Amazon Leadership Principles (LPs) * Technical and Functional Questions based on the qualifications of the job.
Principal Solutions Architect
United StatesNovember 1, 2024Unfortunately, my interview experience was disappointing. The interviewer seemed unprepared to conduct a well-rounded technical discussion. The questions were opaque and overly narrow, with the majority of the time spent drilling into a single topic—
Principal Solutions Architect
NetherlandsOctober 1, 2021The interview process involved five rounds and a total of nine online interviews before the final verdict. The initial start was with an HR person who contacted me out of the blue. After the initial call, I was interviewed by the hiring manager and
Data Engineer II
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJune 1, 2025Amazon interviews consist of two types of questions: * Behavioral Questions based on the Amazon Leadership Principles (LPs) * Technical and Functional Questions based on the qualifications of the job.
