Wouldn't recommend unless you are the work-grinding type
Wouldn't recommend unless you are the work-grinding type
- Good on resume
- Work with large-scale systems
- Work with smart people
- Can't take a break (i.e. ping pong) without feeling like you're losing time on working.
- Not the best environment for learning because they are very harsh on mistakes. You can get in trouble for having comments on your PRs (they ideally want you to have 0 comments).
- Compared to other companies I've worked at, the atmosphere is terrible. It feels suffocating. I didn't even realize this until I joined another company.
- Amazon Chime (their version of Slack) is also terrible for socializing.
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I was interviewed at Amazon in July 2025 for a Software Development Engineer I position. After I applied, I received an online assessment which had a validity of 7 days. Following that, I had one virtual interview with a senior manager.
Software Development Engineer
1 online assessment round and 4 on-site rounds. Questions were around DS/algo, mostly medium to hard LeetCode. Interviewed for SDE-2, down-leveled to SDE-1. Also, some design-based questions.
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The process was very smooth. The coding test was on HackerRank with a medium and a hard problem. The HR person was very nice and explained the entire process nicely. The coding problems are on the harder side, so prep accordingly.
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Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 1, 2025I was interviewed at Amazon in July 2025 for a Software Development Engineer I position. After I applied, I received an online assessment which had a validity of 7 days. Following that, I had one virtual interview with a senior manager.
Software Development Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMay 1, 20201 online assessment round and 4 on-site rounds. Questions were around DS/algo, mostly medium to hard LeetCode. Interviewed for SDE-2, down-leveled to SDE-1. Also, some design-based questions.
Software Development Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOctober 1, 2020The process was very smooth. The coding test was on HackerRank with a medium and a hard problem. The HR person was very nice and explained the entire process nicely. The coding problems are on the harder side, so prep accordingly.
