I'm applying to #Amazon as an SDE II in Herndon / Arlington, and I've narrowed it down to 3 potential positions: AWS Cryptography, Alexa, and AWS inspector. Which one would you recommend? In terms of interesting work, WLB, culture, etc. Cryptography seems most interesting to me, but I have not dire...Read more
Recently went through an on-site round of amazon Alexa and after that recruiter emailed me that they won’t be moving forward. But didn’t mention about cooling period(6 months) and said that my application would be in system for other hiring managers and recruiters for consideration. Recruiter even m...Read more
Curious to hear how is it working on the alexa team. I’m considering on applying for a role with them.
Is it true that Siri/HomePod teams are grabbing a lot of engineers from Alexa? Same applies for Google Home teams.
If you bomb the interview, can you apply to other businesses within Amazon? Eg. Bombed interview with Alexa, but still eligible to interview with AWS? What is the cool off period? Also does the cool off period apply for hiring events ?
I interviewed Amazon Alexa team last month and did not get offer. I heard that 6 month is the cooldown period for Amazon. Can I still apply for Twitch? TC: 160k
My friend is applying a sde position in alexa bellevue smart home team, could someone know this team share some insights about the team’s culture and work life balance ? thanx .
Any idea about how the team is? Under Tapas Roy? I am planning to apply for internal SDET-2 opportunity with Alexa Home Automation, curious about WLB/OnCall Load/Promo opportunity.
Why they say it’s easy? Just curious if someone wants to move to Alexa or Aws do they apply online? Or through an internal site
Asking for a friend, he interviewed for L6 PMT in retail and was declined. - Is there a cool off perios before re-applying? - If so, is that only for PMT roles or for any role? (PM, BD etc) - Also is the cool off across all of Amazon? Like can he apply for AWS or Alexa?
Just posting here to remind folks to opt out of the features if you do not want to share your WiFi with your neighbors. This applies to owners all Amazon devices such as Alexa and Ring. #amazon
Hi All - I am going to be applying for L6 PM and PMTs roles for Alexa and AWS teams. I see a huge disparity in the experiences on Blind. Can somebody let me know the best teams for Alexa/AWS Teams for Product Management ? Which teams have a good Product Vision? Hoping to be a Data Product Manage...Read more
tl;dr applying to Amazon as SDE through a referral. Would it affect my chances if I apply to another position through a recruiter who reached out to me on linkedin? Long version: I am trying to apply to Amazon as an SDE II. A stranger referred me to AWS, but I was also reached out to by a recruite...Read more
I'm currently in MS Redmond, 2 yoe, tc 180 Considering applying to Amazon Alexa org in Boston. How good is the WLB and career path over there? Should I expect a big jump in TC? Thanks,
What are things like there? Applying for a job with Alexa and I'm looking for other interesting teams. I have game services experience with a AAA title. Mostly wondering what folks think. Particularly if you had experience at their studios.
Anyone know what this is about? Questions etc. Brother is applying to the Alexa org as pmt. I haven’t seen a tech screen before from them when looking at aws. If anyone knows please share. Thanks!
Cringiest emails/messages are always from them. When I get a message it's always one or more of the following: - cringe Amazon-related quotes (like "Hey Alexa, should I send my resume to Amazon?") - misspelled words (I once got an email where the subject was misspelled as "Opportunity as softare en...Read more
I'm getting ready to switch to a more technically oriented team such as AWS (and maybe Alexa AI team) in the Bay Area. Does anyone know what level of preparation I need for an L4 Software Engineer position? I used leetcode long time ago. Now I see a section "Top Questions from Amazon". Should I g...Read more
I plan to apply for the Computation Linguist role at Google Assistant and the Language Engineer role at Alexa, and I'm looking to get referrals before I apply. I've been prepping for interviews for about a month, and I already have one scheduled for next week at Siri, so I'm hoping to get another o...Read more
Hello, I recently had my amazon final round for SDE-I(Alexa). I thought I really did well. I solved all the programming questions given and told my approach. I even solved extra question given in last 10 minutes. I felt I gave my best with behavioral and coding sessions. After a week HR emailed an...Read more