Cool tech, too far from customers
Cool tech, too far from customers
I enjoyed my time at Amazon and learned a lot. I got to work at a scale that is hard to replicate at a small startup.
I had a lot of manager churn, getting a new manager at least once a year for the entire duration of my tenure. Also, while the tech was cool, I felt I was too far from the actual users of the stuff I built to feel much satisfaction about it. Now I'm at a startup and feel much better about it.
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Software Development Engineer II (SDEII)
Online assessment: 2 coding questions and some following work style surveys. Virtual onsite 2 months later: 4 rounds of technical interviews with behavioral questions in each round. 3 of them included coding questions. The other round featured syste
Software Developer Engineer Intern
The interview process included: * Two technical online assessments (OAs) * One behavioral interview * One Zoom interview with both technical and behavioral portions The final interview involved a fairly easy technical question and lasted approximat
Software Engineer II SDE2
1. OA, including 2 coding problems and LP choice questions. 2. Phone screening, introducing the next steps of the interviews. 3. Loop Interview. 4 rounds, 1 system design + 3 behavioral and coding.
Software Development Engineer II (SDEII)
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 1, 2022Online assessment: 2 coding questions and some following work style surveys. Virtual onsite 2 months later: 4 rounds of technical interviews with behavioral questions in each round. 3 of them included coding questions. The other round featured syste
Software Developer Engineer Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesDecember 12, 2023The interview process included: * Two technical online assessments (OAs) * One behavioral interview * One Zoom interview with both technical and behavioral portions The final interview involved a fairly easy technical question and lasted approximat
Software Engineer II SDE2
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 20251. OA, including 2 coding problems and LP choice questions. 2. Phone screening, introducing the next steps of the interviews. 3. Loop Interview. 4 rounds, 1 system design + 3 behavioral and coding.
