PIP culture is real, and it will hit you
PIP culture is real, and it will hit you
Well paying, until it's not.
Managers are incentivized to lie and create impossible performance goals for ICs in order to push them out.
It's stressful as hell doing everything you think you can, even when seeking feedback, only to be told it's all wrong.
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Systems Development Engineer II
I interviewed with Amazon. I had one screening and then a loop of four interviews for this role. * System Design Interview * Three additional interviews For the most part, I was asked a lot of STAR questions, focusing on Amazon's Leadership Pr
Systems Development Engineer II
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Applied, waited a while, got OA, two-question LC med, final round behavioral + LC easy. Waitlisted then got off the waitlist. Pretty chill process, maybe somewhat RNG with interviewer. Chill process overall.
Systems Development Engineer II
Barcelona, SpainMarch 1, 2025I interviewed with Amazon. I had one screening and then a loop of four interviews for this role. * System Design Interview * Three additional interviews For the most part, I was asked a lot of STAR questions, focusing on Amazon's Leadership Pr
Systems Development Engineer II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2022The interview process included: * 1st Phone Screen * 2nd 1:1 Coding Challenge and System Design questions * 3rd Final round of 5 interviews with a total of 8 people (5 interviewers and 3 people shadowing). There were a bunch of situational qu
Software Internship
United StatesNovember 25, 2025Applied, waited a while, got OA, two-question LC med, final round behavioral + LC easy. Waitlisted then got off the waitlist. Pretty chill process, maybe somewhat RNG with interviewer. Chill process overall.
