There is so much to learn while working at Amazon. Every day, I was presented with different challenges that made me think out-of-the-box to solve them differently. The community support is excellent for several types of challenges, and mentorship is the officially supported method to yield long-term benefits.
I grew from SDE to SDM at Amazon. I have worked in two different countries myself and collaborated with teams around the globe. The vast variety of data poses several key challenges and keeps you on your toes always. The teams have great potential, people, work culture, and enormous problems to solve.
One could easily burn out if they do not balance their work-life or ask for help.
There are several teams or managers who would expect far more than one could achieve.
Finding the right balance is the key for success at Amazon.
Fast process. Recruiting experience was great. Timely response. Excellent interviewers. 5 panel interviews. Great experience across all steps. Managerial profile - people manager. Interviewed by all L6 and L7 Managers and Engineers. Position was b
The recruiter connected with me through LinkedIn and invited me for the SDM interview process. I had a first-round phone interview with the SDM. There were a lot of "Tell me" type questions and a simple system scalability design question. I was invi
There are 2 rounds. First: Tech screen, which is done by another manager. This will mostly involve touching base on your experience with previous projects and some minimum background questions on the technical side. Second: 6 rounds, which will cov
Fast process. Recruiting experience was great. Timely response. Excellent interviewers. 5 panel interviews. Great experience across all steps. Managerial profile - people manager. Interviewed by all L6 and L7 Managers and Engineers. Position was b
The recruiter connected with me through LinkedIn and invited me for the SDM interview process. I had a first-round phone interview with the SDM. There were a lot of "Tell me" type questions and a simple system scalability design question. I was invi
There are 2 rounds. First: Tech screen, which is done by another manager. This will mostly involve touching base on your experience with previous projects and some minimum background questions on the technical side. Second: 6 rounds, which will cov