Good pay. Great learning opportunities. Unique problems to tackle. Scale at an altogether different level. Fast-paced environment. It's a crash course in whichever stream one is in.
Very stressful environment. If your manager/leadership isn't supportive, then your growth is stagnated. It's kind of a heartless company, and nothing can come in front of targets and metrics to meet. But it all depends upon the team one is in; there are many great teams as well.
It's a "promotion-driven development" environment, and people work on or even choose projects which would help them get promoted. People will interact with you after having a look at your "level," and you may not get a response quickly if your level is lesser than the other party. It's not everybody's cup of tea.
Try to bring empathy and compassion.
There will be one or two screening rounds covering design skills and behavioral questions focusing on Amazon LPs. Onsite will have 5 rounds, including: * System Design * LPs * People management * Project management * Bar raiser
The interview loop for the SDM role usually consists of 5-6 interviews on the same day. The interview questions are a combination of company values (Amazon Leadership Principles) and technical depth. Each interview is 60 minutes long.
It's a long process of interviews as you go through multiple interviews in a single day. The typical process is: 1. Phone screen 2. Technical write-up 3. On-site loop: 2 technical interviews, 3 interviews focused on different Amazon LPs.
There will be one or two screening rounds covering design skills and behavioral questions focusing on Amazon LPs. Onsite will have 5 rounds, including: * System Design * LPs * People management * Project management * Bar raiser
The interview loop for the SDM role usually consists of 5-6 interviews on the same day. The interview questions are a combination of company values (Amazon Leadership Principles) and technical depth. Each interview is 60 minutes long.
It's a long process of interviews as you go through multiple interviews in a single day. The typical process is: 1. Phone screen 2. Technical write-up 3. On-site loop: 2 technical interviews, 3 interviews focused on different Amazon LPs.