Great place to start your career, but too much politics
Great place to start your career, but too much politics
Some of the older engineers can be great resources to get your principals down for engineering. Be careful, though, because Amazon still does let in a lot of bad engineers. Pick and choose who your mentor is.
Work was super chill, and I rarely worked overtime. Maybe I would work 40 hours a week, and a 60-70 hour week once a quarter.
After leaving Amazon, I realized how great the benefits are. Take advantage of them.
I worked in a politics-heavy org. It seemed promotions were rare, especially to SDE3.
Little to no scope to innovate as an engineer. Too many bad engineers have been here too long and haven't been "pipped" mostly because they know the domain.
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Software Development Engineer (SDE)
3 loop interviews 1st round: Leadership principles round (Bar Raiser round) 2nd round: Leadership principles and a low-level design question 3rd round: 2 coding questions
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
The interview was overall easy. I was asked not to mention outside technical work. As a new grad, I didn't have much technical experience, so I felt a bit awkward. I could have done better.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Standard two-part online test. The first part consisted of two coding questions. Then, a second test simulated typical work-related events. As a whole, the test was not too difficult. Both parts took a little over an hour each.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Austin, Texas, United StatesAugust 26, 20253 loop interviews 1st round: Leadership principles round (Bar Raiser round) 2nd round: Leadership principles and a low-level design question 3rd round: 2 coding questions
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Austin, Texas, United StatesMay 26, 2025The interview was overall easy. I was asked not to mention outside technical work. As a new grad, I didn't have much technical experience, so I felt a bit awkward. I could have done better.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Austin, Texas, United StatesSeptember 1, 2022Standard two-part online test. The first part consisted of two coding questions. Then, a second test simulated typical work-related events. As a whole, the test was not too difficult. Both parts took a little over an hour each.
