Amazon: Things to consider before joining
Amazon: Things to consider before joining
- Most of the engineering staff working for more than 2 years are really impressive.
- Get to work on global products.
- Fast-paced environment.
Subjective to the team and manager you're working under.
- Work-life balance sucks 6 out of 10 times.
- There are many processes to need to follow.
- 5 days work from office.
- People often get PIP'd, and layoffs are quite common (sometimes due to over-hiring, sometimes cost-cutting).
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Software Development Engineer (SDE)
It is very difficult. The interviewer asked graph and tree depth questions in DSA. I was unable to answer those questions, and I tried to give answers, but it was not possible for me.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
OA 2 DSA Questions and Leadership Principle Simulation. One question was about lexicographical string comparison, and the other was sort-based, rule-based, but tricky to attempt. It took 3-4 hours to complete.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
1. Online Test (100 mins) * Aptitude (Quant + Logical Reasoning) * Verbal Ability * Pseudocode/Logic & Basic Programming * Numerical puzzles 2. Interview (Single combined round) * Technical: Basics of DBMS, SQL, OS, Networking, c
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOctober 28, 2025It is very difficult. The interviewer asked graph and tree depth questions in DSA. I was unable to answer those questions, and I tried to give answers, but it was not possible for me.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSeptember 26, 2025OA 2 DSA Questions and Leadership Principle Simulation. One question was about lexicographical string comparison, and the other was sort-based, rule-based, but tricky to attempt. It took 3-4 hours to complete.
Software Development Engineer (SDE)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSeptember 12, 20251. Online Test (100 mins) * Aptitude (Quant + Logical Reasoning) * Verbal Ability * Pseudocode/Logic & Basic Programming * Numerical puzzles 2. Interview (Single combined round) * Technical: Basics of DBMS, SQL, OS, Networking, c
