A great place to learn, but difficult to stay for long
A great place to learn, but difficult to stay for long
Amazon employs some of the most talented, intelligent folks in the tech industry. If working for Amazon, focus on learning from others and adopting the mechanisms used to drive decisions. These will be valuable towards your career going forward.
Amazon has a huge culture of overworking their engineers and individual contributors. In all of the teams I have worked on, the development and deployment speed was blazingly fast, at the cost of developer mental health and eventual burnout.
Maintain open lines of communication with your engineers in order to provide constant feedback.
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Software Development Engineer II
I was flown into Cape Town, South Africa for two in-person interviews. The first interview was technical, where the interviewer and I worked on some math and logic problems, followed by a coding question. The second interview was based on Amazon's
Software Development Engineer II
The interview process included: * Call with a recruiter * Online assessment * Virtual onsite interview The result was given quickly. I was not approved, and the recruiter reached out via phone call to deliver the outcome.
Software Development Engineer II
There were four rounds of technical questions. In each one, it would start with one or two behavioral type questions. During that, the candidate is expected to answer using the STAR method. Then, it is followed by the technical problem statement. Du
Software Development Engineer II
Cape Town, South AfricaAugust 1, 2019I was flown into Cape Town, South Africa for two in-person interviews. The first interview was technical, where the interviewer and I worked on some math and logic problems, followed by a coding question. The second interview was based on Amazon's
Software Development Engineer II
BrazilMarch 1, 2024The interview process included: * Call with a recruiter * Online assessment * Virtual onsite interview The result was given quickly. I was not approved, and the recruiter reached out via phone call to deliver the outcome.
Software Development Engineer II
United Arab EmiratesDecember 13, 2023There were four rounds of technical questions. In each one, it would start with one or two behavioral type questions. During that, the candidate is expected to answer using the STAR method. Then, it is followed by the technical problem statement. Du
