The benefits and downsides of a major company
The benefits and downsides of a major company
- Get to work with big services and the scaling of those services.
- Get to work on services that are used by a wide range of customers.
- Fast-paced work environment.
- Very hands-on; get to take part in the design of systems, operations of systems, and development of systems.
- Very high bar pushes you to improve quickly.
- Can feel pressure with deadlines and a high bar.
- Senior management sometimes leaves the org in the dark and guessing what comes next, even with big changes within the org.
- You hear about layoffs and big news about Amazon from external news sources before internal ones.
- Experience at Amazon can vary widely depending on your manager.
- Since it's a large company with many orgs, working across teams can be confusing or frustrating.
- Because of deadlines and crunches, work-life balance can take a hit.
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Software Engineer II
Interview process: Online assessment, followed by a recruiter screen, then four technical rounds — two coding interviews focusing on algorithms and problem-solving, one coding interview like low-level system design, and one system-design interview ev
Software Engineer II
The process started with a recruiter reaching out, followed by an online assessment. After passing the test, I was invited to a four-round onsite loop spread across one week. I had around 20 days of preparation time before the loop. Each round foc
Software Engineer II
Tough. Interviewers didn't pay attention sometimes, on their phone, etc. They also didn't really listen to what I was saying. It seemed like they were there to check a box. Not helpful at all when I asked for further clarification outputs.
Software Engineer II
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaNovember 14, 2025Interview process: Online assessment, followed by a recruiter screen, then four technical rounds — two coding interviews focusing on algorithms and problem-solving, one coding interview like low-level system design, and one system-design interview ev
Software Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 16, 2025The process started with a recruiter reaching out, followed by an online assessment. After passing the test, I was invited to a four-round onsite loop spread across one week. I had around 20 days of preparation time before the loop. Each round foc
Software Engineer II
New York, New York, United StatesAugust 1, 2025Tough. Interviewers didn't pay attention sometimes, on their phone, etc. They also didn't really listen to what I was saying. It seemed like they were there to check a box. Not helpful at all when I asked for further clarification outputs.
