As a college hire, it was a good place to get my feet wet in the industry and see how products are built at scale. A lot of internal tooling is not going to be used elsewhere, but building on AWS is great for when you leave.
It's hard to feel like you are making a huge impact when there are 100,000 engineers. Promotions sometimes feel arbitrary, and you have to put in your time.
The onsite interview is a big project and needs to solve three problems. You can choose C++ or Java to figure it out. Between that, you will be asked some data structure questions.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. Good with LeetCode Medium/Hard. With leadership principles, go with personal experiences where you applied the leadership principles and how you did it. Frame answers using the STAR method. Be clear in your
Second round with two leadership principles and a problem-solving question. Topological questions were used to resolve dependencies. The process was simple: the first 20 minutes consisted of an introduction and three leadership questions.
The onsite interview is a big project and needs to solve three problems. You can choose C++ or Java to figure it out. Between that, you will be asked some data structure questions.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. Good with LeetCode Medium/Hard. With leadership principles, go with personal experiences where you applied the leadership principles and how you did it. Frame answers using the STAR method. Be clear in your
Second round with two leadership principles and a problem-solving question. Topological questions were used to resolve dependencies. The process was simple: the first 20 minutes consisted of an introduction and three leadership questions.