RTO5 and lack of empathy for employees
RTO5 and lack of empathy for employees
Work with talented people and on challenging problems.
Amazon obsesses about RT05 more than anything else, and there is no empathy or flexibility, even for people who need WFH flexibility due to health reasons.
Every time there is a firing cycle, it's a bit scary.
Promotion from SDE1 to SDE2 is easy. Beyond that, it's really hard.
On-call can be really stressful and impacts work-life balance, depending on the team that you're in.
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Software Developer Engineer II
Very complex, I spent 4 months studying. Disappointing because there was no feedback. I spent Carnival studying, reached the final phase, and the company did not dedicate itself to providing feedback.
Software Developer Engineer II
I had to solve two online programming exercises: probably one easy/medium and one hard LeetCode level. After this, there was a pretty long behavioral test, assessing how I would behave in certain situations with different coworkers.
Engineer
I had two rounds of interviews. Each interview session lasted approximately 30 minutes, making for a total of one hour of intensive discussion. The interview format was entirely focused on behavioral questions, all of which were carefully designed a
Software Developer Engineer II
BrazilMarch 1, 2024Very complex, I spent 4 months studying. Disappointing because there was no feedback. I spent Carnival studying, reached the final phase, and the company did not dedicate itself to providing feedback.
Software Developer Engineer II
NetherlandsApril 1, 2025I had to solve two online programming exercises: probably one easy/medium and one hard LeetCode level. After this, there was a pretty long behavioral test, assessing how I would behave in certain situations with different coworkers.
Engineer
London, England, United KingdomNovember 1, 2024I had two rounds of interviews. Each interview session lasted approximately 30 minutes, making for a total of one hour of intensive discussion. The interview format was entirely focused on behavioral questions, all of which were carefully designed a
