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
The interview was organized in a couple of steps: * The Phone Interview * The Onsite Interview There were also a couple of prep calls in between, where they gave instructions on how to prepare for the interview itself.
Software Development Manager
Phone Screen: HM or a tenured interviewer Loop: 5 rounds * Leadership Principles * Project Management * System Design * People Management Always focus on your experience. Utilize the STAR methodology for your answers. Rely on what you have actuall
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
Republic of MacedoniaAugust 1, 2020The interview was organized in a couple of steps: * The Phone Interview * The Onsite Interview There were also a couple of prep calls in between, where they gave instructions on how to prepare for the interview itself.
Software Development Manager
London, United KingdomNovember 1, 2022Phone Screen: HM or a tenured interviewer Loop: 5 rounds * Leadership Principles * Project Management * System Design * People Management Always focus on your experience. Utilize the STAR methodology for your answers. Rely on what you have actuall
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.
