Very top-down, but good internal mobility
Very top-down, but good internal mobility
If you want to reskill into a different specialty, such as moving between cloud, embedded, hardware, networking, or frontend roles, a big company like Amazon is great.
Internal transfers are easy.
You will be at the end of a long, intentionally vague chain of command. Things will happen without great reasoning or explanation, and you might spend an enormous amount of time on very silly endeavors.
Be less stinky.
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Software Development Engineer II
A recruiter contacted me for the SDE2 role. Three days after the HR round, I was given a coding link. I solved that, and then they asked me to schedule four rounds. We could split the four rounds into sets of two for two consecutive days, but I gave
Software Development Engineer II
A recruiter from Amazon reached out. I passed the online assessment and then scheduled the final loop after two weeks. I was asked LeetCode medium problems and many behavioral questions. Each interview segment lasted approximately 30 minutes.
Software Development Engineer II
I applied through a staffing agency. There were a total of 2 rounds: * The first round was with an SDE II on Data Structures/Algo - Leet code questions mainly. * The second round was with an SDM Behavioral/System Design - Leadership principles and p
Software Development Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2021A recruiter contacted me for the SDE2 role. Three days after the HR round, I was given a coding link. I solved that, and then they asked me to schedule four rounds. We could split the four rounds into sets of two for two consecutive days, but I gave
Software Development Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2024A recruiter from Amazon reached out. I passed the online assessment and then scheduled the final loop after two weeks. I was asked LeetCode medium problems and many behavioral questions. Each interview segment lasted approximately 30 minutes.
Software Development Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 9, 2026I applied through a staffing agency. There were a total of 2 rounds: * The first round was with an SDE II on Data Structures/Algo - Leet code questions mainly. * The second round was with an SDM Behavioral/System Design - Leadership principles and p
