Truly Peculiar Culture
Truly Peculiar Culture
I worked with many international companies, and all of them have some form of culture codes or leadership principles. However, it is only Amazon that I found living the culture code, or what is called Leadership Principles (LPs).
LPs are part of everyday conversation inside the organization and are a foundation of execution.
I met several Amazonians during my first days, and it felt that all of them had taken enough dose of the culture firehose.
Of course, being a technology leader is another big plus.
Finally, I'm always surrounded by more intelligent people who made every day a learning day for me, or in an Amazonian way: day one!
Sometimes, not much thinking is put into your onboarding buddy. But you can work around this by expanding your network beyond your buddy.
Also, work-life balance seems to be an issue at Amazon.
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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
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—
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They bring candidates on site for interviews this year, which is a good opportunity to meet the team and talk about things in depth. It is also a good chance to travel and see Seattle if your role is in the headquarters.
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
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—
SWE Intern
Los Angeles, California, United StatesOctober 20, 2026They bring candidates on site for interviews this year, which is a good opportunity to meet the team and talk about things in depth. It is also a good chance to travel and see Seattle if your role is in the headquarters.
