Your Manager is Everything
Your Manager is Everything
Amazon is doing a lot of innovative work in all areas of computer science. And if you're willing to relocate, you can work on almost anything.
The pay is above industry standard and the benefits are very good. You work with extremely smart people.
To move up, you have to complete projects, and that requires opportunity, which is just not available in the rank-and-file.
It can be done, but don't expect to move up quickly. Do not expect your team to train you on anything. It's definitely "sink or swim," so ask lots of questions about everything.
Mentoring is encouraged, but few know how to do it well. Your manager is key to promotion and getting the "good" work. At Amazon, you "own your career," but your manager can make it very easy or very hard. In short, if you have a bad manager, you're not going to have a good time.
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Software Development Engineer
A pretty standard "big tech" interview. It begins with a LeetCode screening interview, automated through a service. For the final loop: * A LeetCode-style coding interview. * A system design interview. * A couple of behavioral interviews. There i
Software Development Engineer
It was a standard one-round OA and five-round onsite. Each question was a LeetCode medium/hard. It went relatively smoothly, and the engineers were quite helpful. It took them a week to come to a decision, and from there on, it would be conversations
Software Development Engineer
They had two rounds of technical and behavioral interviews. You had to respond with Amazon's leadership principles. The technical questions were LeetCode mediums that you had 60 minutes to solve.
Software Development Engineer
Austin, Texas, United StatesFebruary 22, 2025A pretty standard "big tech" interview. It begins with a LeetCode screening interview, automated through a service. For the final loop: * A LeetCode-style coding interview. * A system design interview. * A couple of behavioral interviews. There i
Software Development Engineer
Austin, Texas, United StatesSeptember 1, 2023It was a standard one-round OA and five-round onsite. Each question was a LeetCode medium/hard. It went relatively smoothly, and the engineers were quite helpful. It took them a week to come to a decision, and from there on, it would be conversations
Software Development Engineer
Austin, Texas, United StatesMay 28, 2023They had two rounds of technical and behavioral interviews. You had to respond with Amazon's leadership principles. The technical questions were LeetCode mediums that you had 60 minutes to solve.
