Customer-centric, Bold, Intense Work
Customer-centric, Bold, Intense Work
One of, if not the best, company that I worked at in my 40 years of working in the software industry.
The customer-centric culture of the company really helps to focus teams on what makes building software fun and rewarding.
The staff are very smart, and the management is willing to take risks and do bold things.
Amazon's leadership principles help to create a value system and operating culture that help the company be enormous yet nimble.
I worked at Amazon for ~12 years and enjoyed it thoroughly.
The intensity of the work is not for everyone, or may not be for you in your current life stage. Many of the organizational planning mechanisms operate on yearly cycles. This helps keep the company nimble at the expense, sometimes, of quality. Decisions can be biased toward short-term versus longer-term benefit.
Nurture the culture.
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SDE Intern
1 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator, and one leadership principle question. 1 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator, and one leadership principle question. 1 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator,
Software Engineer
The interview process has 3 rounds. First round is HR screening. Second round is a coding challenge. Third round is a behavioral and coding test. The behavioral questions are hard and energy-consuming.
Software Engineer
Straightforward call with the recruiter for the team. From there, I moved onto the online assessment. It had a few coding questions and another task that needed to be finished, all within 90 minutes.
SDE Intern
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 12, 20251 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator, and one leadership principle question. 1 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator, and one leadership principle question. 1 round - low level system design, bus fare calculator,
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 26, 2025The interview process has 3 rounds. First round is HR screening. Second round is a coding challenge. Third round is a behavioral and coding test. The behavioral questions are hard and energy-consuming.
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 26, 2025Straightforward call with the recruiter for the team. From there, I moved onto the online assessment. It had a few coding questions and another task that needed to be finished, all within 90 minutes.
