If you are lucky, it's a good team. Otherwise, you are in for some stressful times
If you are lucky, it's a good team. Otherwise, you are in for some stressful times
The reputation you get for being a Software Developer at Amazon means you are above a certain bar. If you work on backend services, you will be exposed to all things AWS.
If you are lucky, you get to work on a good team with good management. I know some people in that situation.
However, my experience was on the other side of the coin: a small team with tier 1 services and a terrible manager and skip level.
There are some really bad managers that will make your time at Amazon a nightmare. Some are former developers who are new to management and will not stick up for the team members. You will be overloaded and will work crazy hours, and no matter whether you complain on the different survey mechanisms, these managers will just be shuffled.
Get rid of bad managers. They destroy morale and eventually confirm all the bad things that were once published in the New York Times article a few years back.
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The first two rounds were screening rounds. 1. I didn't remember the first round. 2. They asked me management questions for half an hour. The remaining half hour they expected me to solve one easy/medium question. The question was regarding a simple
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Basic soulless. I got medium LeetCode top 15 from tagged questions. All Indians, and they all looked like they wanted to kys, lol. And yeah, that's about it. So, not the best, not the worst. It’s easy to follow.
SDEII
Berlin, GermanyJuly 7, 2024The first two rounds were screening rounds. 1. I didn't remember the first round. 2. They asked me management questions for half an hour. The remaining half hour they expected me to solve one easy/medium question. The question was regarding a simple
Software Engineer
Irvine, California, United StatesMay 1, 2025I had some miscommunication with the interviewer. He asked me a LeetCode-style question at first, then asked me to design a system around the problem. There were common LP questions, focused on learning and self-improvement.
SWE New Grad
Irvine, California, United StatesMarch 4, 2025Basic soulless. I got medium LeetCode top 15 from tagged questions. All Indians, and they all looked like they wanted to kys, lol. And yeah, that's about it. So, not the best, not the worst. It’s easy to follow.
