Great culture, smart people, decent pay
Great culture, smart people, decent pay
The work/life environment was really good. I got to work with a lot of people. There is no micromanagement as long as you get your work done.
Not a lot or clear path for moving up. Very bureaucratic. Future pay is based on the value of stock, so unclear about what raises mean.
Give cash raises along with shares of stock.
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L5 Software Engineer
OA followed by the final round three weeks later. I didn't do very well on the online assessment, maybe 13 out of 20 test cases. I thought I did pretty well on the final round but didn't prepare for behavioral questions well enough.
Software Development Intern
OA, then behavioral, 1 hr technical. The OA was on HackerRank, and the behavioral interview used Amazon Leadership Principles. The interviewer asked about my extracurriculars, and I answered using the STAR method. The code was not runnable for the in
Software Engineer Intern
Got passed all of the rounds and found out that they were full. Got waitlisted and then never got off of the waitlist. This was rather unfortunate, but it happens.
L5 Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJuly 31, 2025OA followed by the final round three weeks later. I didn't do very well on the online assessment, maybe 13 out of 20 test cases. I thought I did pretty well on the final round but didn't prepare for behavioral questions well enough.
Software Development Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 21, 2024OA, then behavioral, 1 hr technical. The OA was on HackerRank, and the behavioral interview used Amazon Leadership Principles. The interviewer asked about my extracurriculars, and I answered using the STAR method. The code was not runnable for the in
Software Engineer Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 6, 2026Got passed all of the rounds and found out that they were full. Got waitlisted and then never got off of the waitlist. This was rather unfortunate, but it happens.
