A well-earned reputation as a terrible place to work
A well-earned reputation as a terrible place to work
I learned more at Amazon than I had at any other time in my career. It's also an excellent name to have on the resume.
Horrible culture, no work-life balance, conflicting priorities, dehumanizing environment. Management and HR are consistently hypocritical, and you cannot trust them. It is very, very difficult to get promoted without working significant hours outside of your already full sprint work. Compensation is good overall in the market, but not when compared to top tech companies, where it falls near the bottom of the range.
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Software Engineer II
I completed an initial recruiter screening and then moved forward to the online assessment (OA). I didn’t prepare ahead of time, and the assessment consisted of two LeetCode medium-level problems. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to solve them successful
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
Dry, unhelpful, and stoic. The interviewers offered no conversation or help at all. If gauging a developer's knowledge and skill involves a one-sided interview, then I'm not surprised that there are services provided for someone to take your intervi
Software Engineer II
February 18, 2026I completed an initial recruiter screening and then moved forward to the online assessment (OA). I didn’t prepare ahead of time, and the assessment consisted of two LeetCode medium-level problems. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to solve them successful
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
Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021Dry, unhelpful, and stoic. The interviewers offered no conversation or help at all. If gauging a developer's knowledge and skill involves a one-sided interview, then I'm not surprised that there are services provided for someone to take your intervi
