Amplitude

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

April 1, 2024

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Referral, then immediately a recruiter reached out with a technical take-home 90-minute HackerRank test. Recruiter specified JavaScript, but the actual HackerRank test had a dropdown of Python or JavaScript. This was confusing, and I would have preferred to do the test in Python. But I ended up doing the test in JavaScript because of the initial communication.

Recruiter did not respond when I asked for clarification after taking the test. After following up again, I got an automated rejection email. Not really giving me warm fuzzy vibes.

Questions

Create a validator function that takes an object and validates against a specified schema for required fields and data types.

Imagine validating input for an API endpoint on the topic of arrays, objects, and iteration.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Amplitude Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

18%

Pass Rate

Amplitude's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive36%

Neutral18%

Negative45%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Amplitude's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Amplitude Work Experiences

A couple of tough years, but the future is bright

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: Every tech company has gone through a rough patch in the last few years. Amplitude is no different. However, the product and customers speak for themselves. They are excited to use what we have built, and even more excited for what we are building. It is rare that you get so much unsolicited positive feedback on a product, but that is the norm here.

Cons: What Amplitude is trying to do is clear to me. That does not always come through in our company strategy, though, which changes a lot. We end up building the same, valuable things but under different names and organizations for not much reason. All things considered, that is not the worst problem to have.

A couple of tough years, but the future is bright

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: Every tech company has gone through a rough patch in the last few years. Amplitude is no different. However, the product and customers speak for themselves. They are excited to use what we have built, and even more excited for what we are building. It is rare that you get so much unsolicited positive feedback on a product, but that is the norm here.

Cons: What Amplitude is trying to do is clear to me. That does not always come through in our company strategy, though, which changes a lot. We end up building the same, valuable things but under different names and organizations for not much reason. All things considered, that is not the worst problem to have.

Lack of leadership and direction

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: The comp was okay ... before the stock crash. People are nice, but leaders are incompetent.

Cons: - They don't care about employees at all. They only pretend to. - PMs have no clue. - Leaders are incompetent and lack of experience. - They ship products fast with lot of bugs. - They keep implementing useless features without improving the core product. - Way too many meetings.

Lack of leadership and direction

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: The comp was okay ... before the stock crash. People are nice, but leaders are incompetent.

Cons: - They don't care about employees at all. They only pretend to. - PMs have no clue. - Leaders are incompetent and lack of experience. - They ship products fast with lot of bugs. - They keep implementing useless features without improving the core product. - Way too many meetings.

Great benefits and culture!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 8, 2016

Pros: There is an incredible focus on good communication between engineers and building a stack that is stable and scalable. The co-founders (CEO and CTO) are also both ex-engineers so upper management is very in-sync with how the process goes. Excellent benefits (including meals, stocked kitchen, about 4 weeks PTO, and commute or close living stipends, plus $100 monthly wellness stipends), smart and diverse people, lots of company and team outings. Weekly all-hands meetings where the company is updated on achievements and revenue goals/progress. Everyone is friendly here, whether you're talking to people in sales or customer success or product. Hearts of gold.

Cons: Transparency here could be better.

Great benefits and culture!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 8, 2016

Pros: There is an incredible focus on good communication between engineers and building a stack that is stable and scalable. The co-founders (CEO and CTO) are also both ex-engineers so upper management is very in-sync with how the process goes. Excellent benefits (including meals, stocked kitchen, about 4 weeks PTO, and commute or close living stipends, plus $100 monthly wellness stipends), smart and diverse people, lots of company and team outings. Weekly all-hands meetings where the company is updated on achievements and revenue goals/progress. Everyone is friendly here, whether you're talking to people in sales or customer success or product. Hearts of gold.

Cons: Transparency here could be better.

A couple of tough years, but the future is bright

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: Every tech company has gone through a rough patch in the last few years. Amplitude is no different. However, the product and customers speak for themselves. They are excited to use what we have built, and even more excited for what we are building. It is rare that you get so much unsolicited positive feedback on a product, but that is the norm here.

Cons: What Amplitude is trying to do is clear to me. That does not always come through in our company strategy, though, which changes a lot. We end up building the same, valuable things but under different names and organizations for not much reason. All things considered, that is not the worst problem to have.

5.0
A couple of tough years, but the future is bright
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California
May 24, 2024
Pros: Every tech company has gone through a rough patch in the last few years. Amplitude is no different. However, the product and customers speak for themselves. They are excited to use what we have built, and even more excited for what we are building. It is rare that you get so much unsolicited positive feedback on a product, but that is the norm here.
Cons: What Amplitude is trying to do is clear to me. That does not always come through in our company strategy, though, which changes a lot. We end up building the same, valuable things but under different names and organizations for not much reason. All things considered, that is not the worst problem to have.

Lack of leadership and direction

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California

Pros: The comp was okay ... before the stock crash. People are nice, but leaders are incompetent.

Cons: - They don't care about employees at all. They only pretend to. - PMs have no clue. - Leaders are incompetent and lack of experience. - They ship products fast with lot of bugs. - They keep implementing useless features without improving the core product. - Way too many meetings.

1.0
Lack of leadership and direction
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California
March 25, 2022
Pros: The comp was okay ... before the stock crash. People are nice, but leaders are incompetent.
Cons: - They don't care about employees at all. They only pretend to. - PMs have no clue. - Leaders are incompetent and lack of experience. - They ship products fast with lot of bugs. - They keep implementing useless features without improving the core product. - Way too many meetings.

Great benefits and culture!

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 8, 2016

Pros: There is an incredible focus on good communication between engineers and building a stack that is stable and scalable. The co-founders (CEO and CTO) are also both ex-engineers so upper management is very in-sync with how the process goes. Excellent benefits (including meals, stocked kitchen, about 4 weeks PTO, and commute or close living stipends, plus $100 monthly wellness stipends), smart and diverse people, lots of company and team outings. Weekly all-hands meetings where the company is updated on achievements and revenue goals/progress. Everyone is friendly here, whether you're talking to people in sales or customer success or product. Hearts of gold.

Cons: Transparency here could be better.

4.0
Great benefits and culture!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
October 8, 2016
Pros: There is an incredible focus on good communication between engineers and building a stack that is stable and scalable. The co-founders (CEO and CTO) are also both ex-engineers so upper management is very in-sync with how the process goes. Excellent benefits (including meals, stocked kitchen, about 4 weeks PTO, and commute or close living stipends, plus $100 monthly wellness stipends), smart and diverse people, lots of company and team outings. Weekly all-hands meetings where the company is updated on achievements and revenue goals/progress. Everyone is friendly here, whether you're talking to people in sales or customer success or product. Hearts of gold.
Cons: Transparency here could be better.

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