Worst Experience of my Career- STAY AWAY!
Worst Experience of my Career- STAY AWAY!
Prestige of working for a large tech company.
My position was virtual, with no need to go into the office.
Joining Amazon Business was the worst experience of my 20+ year career. I realized I made a mistake within the first 30 days after I joined.
The tools and technology we use were primitive at best and didn't add any value on my resume. My manager was out of touch and totally didn't care that his people were burnt out.
Massive workloads of customer calls and initiatives that were impossible to complete without putting in 50+ hours. My manager was a minion for Amazon, and I truly believe he didn't have a life otherwise.
I finally left because the job was not worth my mental/physical health. I wish I had a time machine to go back and decline that offer in the first place.
The health benefits sound good at first until you need to go to the doctor. None of the plans offer a copay, and you have to pay in full for an office visit until you meet your deductible.
Just because a person is an L7 leader doesn't mean they should not be evaluated. Find a way to enforce work-life balance and identify managers that overwork their teams just to impress their managers or boost their ego. Talk to your L4 and L5 employees to truly understand how they are feeling.
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Solutions Architect
Initial phone screening after the recruiter discussion. This occurred before the loop process with more team members. The discussion was with a more senior architect, who asked general questions about a specific technical industry.
Solutions Architect
Interview with hiring manager. Asked 2-3 behavioral questions. Then went into details about cloud concepts. Also asked AI conceptual questions that I didn't expect (like RAG and fine-tuning). Overall, it was medium difficulty.
Solutions Architect
About an hour. It was easy, but not that easy; kinda hard, but not hard, you know. Would I do an interview here again? Maybe. Who knows? But that is life.
Solutions Architect
Austin, Texas, United StatesFebruary 1, 2022Initial phone screening after the recruiter discussion. This occurred before the loop process with more team members. The discussion was with a more senior architect, who asked general questions about a specific technical industry.
Solutions Architect
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOctober 10, 2026Interview with hiring manager. Asked 2-3 behavioral questions. Then went into details about cloud concepts. Also asked AI conceptual questions that I didn't expect (like RAG and fine-tuning). Overall, it was medium difficulty.
Solutions Architect
United StatesNovember 3, 2021About an hour. It was easy, but not that easy; kinda hard, but not hard, you know. Would I do an interview here again? Maybe. Who knows? But that is life.
