Work is interesting.
Great company and growth opportunities.
Annual goals are challenging to meet.
We constantly have to raise the bar.
So far so good, I've never had a bad manager in over five years. Everyone at Amazon has goals, so they pass them on to the engineers, but it's part of the job we accept.
The worst experience ever, facing two extremely difficult and mentally exhausting questions back to back. This left me overwhelmed, frustrated, and completely drained of confidence, energy, and motivation to continue forward.
Application Timeline – New Grad SDE 1 June 5, 2025 – Submitted application for the New Grad SDE 1 position. June 19, 2025 – Received coding assessment consisting of two Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) questions on HackerRank. July 1, 2025 – Rec
Online Assessment (OA) / Technical Screening – Focuses on Python and SQL coding challenges, data manipulation, and analytical problem-solving. Data Modeling Round – Tests ability to design scalable, normalized/denormalized schemas, star schemas, and
The worst experience ever, facing two extremely difficult and mentally exhausting questions back to back. This left me overwhelmed, frustrated, and completely drained of confidence, energy, and motivation to continue forward.
Application Timeline – New Grad SDE 1 June 5, 2025 – Submitted application for the New Grad SDE 1 position. June 19, 2025 – Received coding assessment consisting of two Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA) questions on HackerRank. July 1, 2025 – Rec
Online Assessment (OA) / Technical Screening – Focuses on Python and SQL coding challenges, data manipulation, and analytical problem-solving. Data Modeling Round – Tests ability to design scalable, normalized/denormalized schemas, star schemas, and