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
The process takes 3 weeks. * Phone interview * 4 hours of interviews back to back (system design, 3 problems) * The first half hour of each interview is behavioral questions. They ask a lot of behavioral questions.
Software Engineer II
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I talked to a recruiter to do a resume screen, then did a Leetcode style tech interview, followed by another interview with a recruiter. From there I was supposed to do two in-person interviews, but everyo
Software Engineer II
The online assessment worked pretty flawlessly. However, not having someone to ask clarifying questions to is tough, especially when a problem is phrased intentionally in a very complex way. Additionally, there were some extra questions at the end ab
Software Engineer II
United StatesAugust 1, 2022The process takes 3 weeks. * Phone interview * 4 hours of interviews back to back (system design, 3 problems) * The first half hour of each interview is behavioral questions. They ask a lot of behavioral questions.
Software Engineer II
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaMarch 19, 2026I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I talked to a recruiter to do a resume screen, then did a Leetcode style tech interview, followed by another interview with a recruiter. From there I was supposed to do two in-person interviews, but everyo
Software Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2025The online assessment worked pretty flawlessly. However, not having someone to ask clarifying questions to is tough, especially when a problem is phrased intentionally in a very complex way. Additionally, there were some extra questions at the end ab
