Not for people, it's for machines
Not for people, it's for machines
Codified the hiring and firing process, and operationally great in many aspects. Leaf-level developers are happier than middle management.
Timelines are arbitrary, people are dispensable. Projects are more important; everyone for themselves. Ignore emails/messages if they don't align with what I am doing. Work your life away.
Everyone took a huge pay cut with the stock sinking in the last year. I could go on and on about the cons of working at Amazon. I have given it over 2 years and tried different teams.
Leaders seem to hold onto the leadership principles, but it doesn't seem to be the ground truth. Things don't change.
Care about people over projects. Give them time and space to think, and actually do something about being the Earth's best employer. Amazon ratings on Glassdoor are telling compared to MSFT & GOOG.
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Software Engineer
It was good, but they didn't respond to me for a long time after 14 days. I asked them why, but they didn't respond back.
Product Manager - Technical
First round: Hiring manager screening. This covers leadership principles important for the job. Final round: Five interviews with a writing assessment. Each round covers around three leadership principles. All interviews are behavioral.
Software Engineer
Initial phone call with a recruiter, followed by a 90-minute coding assignment. This consisted of standard LeetCode-style algorithm and data structures problems, loosely related to the specific role and easy to prepare for by using normal resources.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 20, 2025It was good, but they didn't respond to me for a long time after 14 days. I asked them why, but they didn't respond back.
Product Manager - Technical
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 20, 2025First round: Hiring manager screening. This covers leadership principles important for the job. Final round: Five interviews with a writing assessment. Each round covers around three leadership principles. All interviews are behavioral.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 19, 2025Initial phone call with a recruiter, followed by a 90-minute coding assignment. This consisted of standard LeetCode-style algorithm and data structures problems, loosely related to the specific role and easy to prepare for by using normal resources.
