Awesome salary, but a huge spectrum of quality of people
Awesome salary, but a huge spectrum of quality of people
-
High salary and, if you're lucky, you will find very smart and talented people.
-
I'll put work-life balance in the pros. Shocking? In my seven years at Amazon, I realized it depends on how much you value your life outside of work. Amazon, in most situations, will not prefer an insanely hard-working person over a person who works at a normal, or sometimes even a slow, pace.
-
Directors do not care about feedback and pain points in their organizations. They primarily manage up.
-
The quality of people and discussions varies within every director and senior SDM, and you can find either the best or the worst minds in the industry.
Hire better product managers by enforcing a strict policy of X years of product experience. Bad or new product managers take a hit on overall productivity. The bar for SDE2 to SDE3 promotion has lowered in the last 2 years, leading to wrong expectations from junior engineers and poor software quality.
Additional Ratings
Was this helpful?
Amazon Interview Questions
Amazon Interview Experiences
Software Manager
Quite a long interview process. For a management position, it was very hands-on and tech-orientated, with several talks to members across the company. Speaking to other people in senior roles was a good experience and showed a good team mentality.
Software Manager
It depends on who you interview with at Amazon. I had 5 separate rounds of interviews. Overall: * 3 of them went tremendously well, including two technical ones. * One was flat. * The last one was a disaster. The interviewer was unprofessional and
Software Manager
It was straightforward, no complaints. I did an initial phone screen but did not move on because I accepted another offer. It was straightforward, no complaints. I did an initial phone screen but did not move on because I accepted another offer.
Software Manager
Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandMarch 31, 2026Quite a long interview process. For a management position, it was very hands-on and tech-orientated, with several talks to members across the company. Speaking to other people in senior roles was a good experience and showed a good team mentality.
Software Manager
San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2021It depends on who you interview with at Amazon. I had 5 separate rounds of interviews. Overall: * 3 of them went tremendously well, including two technical ones. * One was flat. * The last one was a disaster. The interviewer was unprofessional and
Software Manager
CanadaMarch 2, 2022It was straightforward, no complaints. I did an initial phone screen but did not move on because I accepted another offer. It was straightforward, no complaints. I did an initial phone screen but did not move on because I accepted another offer.
