Amazon is a cool place to work. Amazon prides itself on being obsessed with customer service and being data-driven. This clarifies the decision-making process for all employees at all levels and enables individuals to make decisions in the best interest of the customer. Amazon gives large responsibilities to all employees, regardless of tenure or role, in the hopes that the best ideas are driven forward.
The downside to Amazon's philosophy is the lack of consistent direction. There are many teams trying to build new things for their customers, and that leads to different agendas competing for resources. That, combined with the very high turnover rate, results in teams who are very inefficient due to having underdeveloped processes and inexperienced engineers. This all leads to an environment where you can get great V1 products out the door quickly, but those products often grow stale very quickly due to the fact that the team cannot maintain that initial momentum.
Grow more at the SDE 2 and 3 level and make sure you define some processes for code quality and engineering discipline.
The interview was a one-hour video session, with approximately half the time dedicated to leadership principles and the other half to technical questions. The interviewer was difficult to understand and appeared irritated throughout the session. Du
The recruiter contacted me via email regarding the position. Following the resume screening, I received an online assessment link that included two coding questions and some workstyle questions, with a total duration of about 90 minutes. Both coding
Technical Screening - Call with a recruiter Online Assessment - 1.5 hours for 2 medium LeetCode questions - Personality assessment - System design multiple choice style assessment Final Round - 4, 1-hour interviews, with a 1-hour break - Each inter
The interview was a one-hour video session, with approximately half the time dedicated to leadership principles and the other half to technical questions. The interviewer was difficult to understand and appeared irritated throughout the session. Du
The recruiter contacted me via email regarding the position. Following the resume screening, I received an online assessment link that included two coding questions and some workstyle questions, with a total duration of about 90 minutes. Both coding
Technical Screening - Call with a recruiter Online Assessment - 1.5 hours for 2 medium LeetCode questions - Personality assessment - System design multiple choice style assessment Final Round - 4, 1-hour interviews, with a 1-hour break - Each inter