Working at Amazon
Working at Amazon
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Fast pace, great if you have a matching personality.
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Amazing opportunities to learn:
- Highly experienced/competent/skilled engineers at the company put out knowledge-sharing videos which are very insightful.
- The AWS library is free for employees.
- AWS certification exams are subsidized.
- Breadth of opportunities - given how many businesses Amazon is into, you can find a team that's into that business and transfer internally, so no need to change companies if you want to work in a different domain.
- Easy to burn out if you have difficulty saying no to more work.
- Forced attrition after performance reviews can be unfair.
- Pay for existing employees is below what the industry is paying.
- The distributed nature of development (which gives Amazon its edge) means multiple teams could be building the same thing. You often have to race to get to production first so that your effort doesn't get disbanded (kinda like real life :)).
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Software Development Manager
Had one round of System Design interview. I thought the interview went okay; if not great, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, with a suggestion to apply again in six months.
Software Development Manager
A round of five interviews in one day is challenging. They have a well-structured process, but there is no feedback, so I didn't know how to improve. The interviews are related to their Leadership Principles. Your experience must align with those pr
Software Development Manager
The interview process started with a screening round by a Senior SDM. I was given a written exercise to complete before the onsite round. Several questions were asked in the onsite round based on my written essay.
Software Development Manager
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaFebruary 23, 2025Had one round of System Design interview. I thought the interview went okay; if not great, it went decently well. Received a rejection response, with a suggestion to apply again in six months.
Software Development Manager
MexicoJanuary 31, 2025A round of five interviews in one day is challenging. They have a well-structured process, but there is no feedback, so I didn't know how to improve. The interviews are related to their Leadership Principles. Your experience must align with those pr
Software Development Manager
Palo Alto, California, United StatesJune 3, 2024The interview process started with a screening round by a Senior SDM. I was given a written exercise to complete before the onsite round. Several questions were asked in the onsite round based on my written essay.
