Your experience depends entirely on your team
Your experience depends entirely on your team
Amazon can be a great place to work. Employees are generally empowered to take full ownership of problems and drive solutions entirely. This means that you can have an outsized impact relatively early on. If senior management is on your side, you'll be able to push your vision forward and change the world in a meaningful way.
The primary drawbacks are that the hours are long, and if you have a bad manager, your life will be miserable. In many respects, this isn't all that different from most companies, but you'll feel it more acutely at Amazon. Also, if you work on an unsexy, unglamorous team, your best bet is to switch teams.
Hiring for SDEs is getting worse, not better. Raising the bar is only meaningful if the best people stick around, and that no longer seems to be the case.
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I initially received an automated email with a link to an online assessment. This assessment included two coding questions and a behavioral component. It took about two months before I was contacted for the interview process. The interview consiste
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1. Online assessment (coding: LeetCode easy to medium) 2. Work simulation (communication with clients, work priorities, ethics). This checks your thinking process to ensure it aligns with their leadership principles. 3. One-hour design + coding int
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I have an online assessment scheduled for this role, which is an important step in the selection process. The assessment is divided into four sections that will comprehensively evaluate my skills and fit for the position. * **Coding Round:** This
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2025I initially received an automated email with a link to an online assessment. This assessment included two coding questions and a behavioral component. It took about two months before I was contacted for the interview process. The interview consiste
Software Development Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 1, 20221. Online assessment (coding: LeetCode easy to medium) 2. Work simulation (communication with clients, work priorities, ethics). This checks your thinking process to ensure it aligns with their leadership principles. 3. One-hour design + coding int
Software Development Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2025I have an online assessment scheduled for this role, which is an important step in the selection process. The assessment is divided into four sections that will comprehensively evaluate my skills and fit for the position. * **Coding Round:** This
