Good meeting process of using written documents and reading.
Opportunities to switch to other teams.
On-call leads to a poor work-life balance since you can get paged any time.
People leave and join Amazon at a high rate, making the team unstable.
The promotion process is unnecessarily difficult and time-consuming.
The interview process is very rigid.
The incentives are all towards individuals and result in a lack of team incentives and collaboration.
Shares awarded are taxed highly (~60%) as Amazon requires the employee to pay the employer's tax as well, leading to much lower total compensation than expected.
Fix the broken promotion process to prevent promotion-driven development. Build compensation or flexibility for on-call rotas.
It was easy and to the point. The interviewer was sweet and allowed me enough time to think about how to approach solving the problems. The coding question asked was for an inventory and managing it. It was an easy solve with the right data structure
The interview process was quick, consisting of three panels: technical, behavioral, and system design aspects. The interviewers were friendly, approachable, and helpful. Overall, it was a very positive and smooth experience.
First was an exam of problem-solving with 2 questions. Then 4 interviews over 2 days, or all in 1 day after the exam passed, but I didn't join them; I just did the exam.
It was easy and to the point. The interviewer was sweet and allowed me enough time to think about how to approach solving the problems. The coding question asked was for an inventory and managing it. It was an easy solve with the right data structure
The interview process was quick, consisting of three panels: technical, behavioral, and system design aspects. The interviewers were friendly, approachable, and helpful. Overall, it was a very positive and smooth experience.
First was an exam of problem-solving with 2 questions. Then 4 interviews over 2 days, or all in 1 day after the exam passed, but I didn't join them; I just did the exam.