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- link Alexa farting hilarious as fuck https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/t7isyf/the_poor_fbi_agent_assigned_to_this_guy/
- Is Amazon Alexa/Lab126 as horrible as Amazon? I have an interview scheduled with the Amazon Alexa team in the Bay Area. Virtual of course :) I spoke to the hiring manager who seems like a nice person, the role seems exciting and it’s in the QA team. There’s a big BUT: the PIP horror stories on blind is me hesitant about the whole thing. This
- Amazon Alexa L6 Applied Scientist Leetcode bar I have an interview for conversational AI based role. How high the bar is? How many leetcodes are asked? What leetcode level should I be prepared for? Does it involve typical software eng system design round?
- Alexa and amazon prime air applied scientist has anyone interviewed with Alexa AI or Amazon Prime Air? Have an onsite shortly and would love to hear your experience
- Alexa Entertainment RS/AS Job Openings Solid ASR or NLP. Python programming experience. Experience building ML models required. Positions require actual research but we ship models for customers. Team in Boston. DM for more info. #jobs
- Offer from Alexa natural language as L5. How's the team like? How's the comp like?
- Amazon search vs alexa team for AS Which is better? In terms of 1. Project prospect 2. Atmosphere 3. Wlb 4. TC Especially I want to know some experience from applied scientists.
- Applied Scientist vs MLE with Amazon Alexa team? Hi Blinders, Hiring manager is asking me to choose one of the path between Applied Scientist or MLE. Applied Scientist(AS) - Junior Level(Since I do not have research publications) MLE - Mid Level I have been working as a Data Scientist cum MLE for 4-5 years and prior to that I have worked as a
- Why can't Alexa play music as an alarm? Alexa can set a repeating alarm OR play music on command but not both? There is a workaround using a phone alarm to play an audio file to voice-activate Alexa to play music and some workaround Android apps, but why is this so difficult? This is 80's level technology...
- is Amazon retail and Alexa org as hectic and high pressured as AWS? Job offer from Alexa and got a call from another team in retail as well
- vote FAIR vs Amazon Alexa AI as a PhD fresh grad? Which one is better in terms of usual TC, work life balance? It would be great if you can provide some pros and cons. Thanks
- Pros and cons of joining team Alexa as SDE 1? How is the onsite interview like nowdays? Any help is appreciated!
- I have to choose either of the Alexa device or Alexa Mobile team as QAEII. which team is better from WLB perspective #amazon #alexa
- How to get SDE 3 at Amazon as an outsider? Bay area, Alexa team I recently gave Amazon on-site interview in the hiring event for Alexa and got the offer pretty quickly. They are offering SDE2. I have 7+ years of work experience and want them to consider me for SDE3. What will it take for me to persuade them for this? Will competing offers help? Or simply putting
- The Amazon org tier list Hopefully this will help some people. The rankings are: shit tier, mid tier, top tier. Shit tier: - AWS: The worst WLB. PIP factory. Employs dev-ops rather than real software engineers. Toxic cut-throat banana environment. - Alexa: Sinking ship. Toxic cut-throat banana environment. Sweatshop onl
- "Alexa mobile app" team review Have a TPM offer in the alexa mobile app team. Any insight on the work culture and any reviews on PIP as part of this org ? Edit: Have read bad reviews on Blind for Alexa org in general. Is Alexa org same as Alexa Mobile App team? Or diff? ?#culture #officelife #workplace
- L5 Non tech Program Manager TC Amazon Will be moving to Alexa International team as L5 non-tech Program, being internally transfer in Amazon. Any idea what to expect for TC in this role/team? #tech #amazon #amazonaws #alexa #pmg
- AI has a long way to go Let’s not backlash Alexa, Amazon over this issue. Focus on AI "Echo woke up due to a word in background conversation sounding like 'Alexa.' Then, the subsequent conversation was heard as a 'send message' request," Amazon said in a statement. "At which point, Alexa said out loud 'To whom?' At which
- Amazon india Alexa Experience Team got an offer as an sde1 at alexa experience in bangalore india Can someone tell me about the cuture, WLB, tech stack of alexa experience teams.
- Amazon Alexa vs. AWS - TC I got an offer from Amazon (Applied Scientist L5) but the recruiter told me I need to decide between Alexa vs. AWS before I get the offer details. I was wondering whether the TC in the (initial) offer may depend on my choice between Alexa and AWS or should I expect approximately the same offer regar
- Amazon Boston Hello, how’s the Alexa team in Boston? I am interviewing L5 Applied Scientist role in Alexa AI and have PhD. Anyone know expected TC? Current TC at PWC: 150k
- Referrals Amazon Looking for referrals at Amazon Alexa for the Applied Scientist position. I'm a new MS grad at a top US Univ. Open to sharing further details over PM. #referral #amazon #alexa
- How is the Alexa Mobile team in Seattle? I will be interviewing for the Alexa Mobile team as well as device software and services team. Not sure if they both are the same ? Any inputs about the culture, work life balance, interview questions etc would be really appreciated. Thanks! #amazon #alexa #interview
- Work culture of Amazon Alexa team Considering a role as a SDE1 in this team, (Alexa Growth, Experiences) in Seattle, how is WLB? Am pretty apprehensive of Amazon in general after reading all the negative reviews, especially since Alexa seems to be so large #amazon
- Information Regarding Amazon Alexa Org? I have a verbal offer for a Sr. Program Manager position from Amazon as a result of an invitation only hiring event. No compensation details yet, but phone calls will be set up with dev managers from three groups in the Alexa Org, and it seems like I get to pick. The three groups are Alexa Smart Ho
- Rar! I love my google home but man does it grind my gears that I have to say “ok google”. alexa is dumb as shit but at least I dont have to say “ok alexa”. who talks like that!?! /rant
- Work and Culture in Amazon Alexa AI for RS What is the work like on the Amazon Alexa AI org as a Research Scientist? Also is the culture of PIP prevalent in Alexa AI also? What roles do people generally leave for after this experience? #amazon #ai #researchscientist
- vote Planned Obsolescence Scrolling just doesn’t feel as responsive as it used to, “Alexa... Alexa... ALEXA!”, 50% battery already?!... I’m sure you’ve been in situations like this. Technology appears to degrade faster than it should, and what do we do? “Upgrade” to the newest version at a hefty cost. So here’s the questio
- Amazon Alexa Curious to hear how is it working on the alexa team. I’m considering on applying for a role with them.
- Need feedback on L6 PMT offer at Amazon Seattle Is this a good offer for an L6 PMT at Alexa org in Seattle? 270K TC (150K base + 25K bonus + 95K shares) 8 YOE overall, 4 YOE as PMT. #productmanager
- L6 SDM amazon Alexa salary expectations What to expect for L6 SDM for Alexa Team ? Is it comparable as of Aws ? #sdmamazon
- Hiring SDEs for the Alexa ASK Team! I"m looking to hire SDEs (L5- L6) for the Alexa ASK team in Seattle and Irvine. I love working in this space as we are the strongest team of all the Alexa verticals IMHO and have not encountered the problems discussed in other Alexa threads. We are building 3rd party Skills like Uber, Dominos, etc s
- Is OCI good for ML? I have been seeing posts about ML Applied Scientist positions in OCI. I am currently at Alexa, in a group I like but few growth prospects (a lot of people fighting for few promotions). Is OCI good? How is the stability and compensation compared to Amazon? #oracle #alexa #oci
- Amazon alexa team How’s amazon’s alexa team? Same pip and bad wlb culture as the rest of the org? Tc: 60k 1 yoe
- Siri/HomePod eyeing for Alexa engineers? Is it true that Siri/HomePod teams are grabbing a lot of engineers from Alexa? Same applies for Google Home teams.
- Alexa org'a salary Any insight on stocks, bonus, base salary for Alexa org in California? For 3-4 years experience as a developer
- Alexa auto team I got an offer from Alexa Auto team Bay Area. L4, 6 YoE TC 245 Base 175, bonus 60K, 38 RSU 1. How is the management culture in the Alexa auto team? Is the pip culture bad there as well? 2. How good is the offer. 3. Are juniors treated bad in this division?
- amazon first phone interview Hi there, I am having a first phone interview for QA Engineer with amazon about Alexa for Seattle. Can I get some help as what type of questions they generally ask and how should I prepare and also if anyone can give me some idea about what are the major test cases for Alexa?
- Does amazon have a company wide 6 month cooldown? Or is it just by org? Aka if I applied to aws and didn’t pass I could go for Alexa sooner than 6 months
- vote Amazon Alexa AI vs AWS WWRO I have SDE offer from Amazon. Like to know which org Alexa AI or AWS WWRO is good. Which org is better for growth in skills as good software developer. Commenting reasons would be most helpful.
- I'm an L6 SWE at Google, should I leave to Amazon as a principal engineer? I have an offer from Amazon as a principal engineer at Alexa and the total comp is significantly higher. My current TC is 450, Amazon is offering around 700. I think I'm underpaid (for the market) at YouTube and it sounds like they won't try to compete with Amazon for salary. I'm torn and worried a
- Is lab126 as bad as glassdoor reviews say? Got an offer from the Alexa team, but glass door reviews seem discouraging. is the work environment really as toxic as the reviews say? Appreciate any inputs from current employees.
- vote Smart doorbell Ring versus Arlo Seems Arlo has better features like AI detection and video aspect ratio, integrates with Alexa as well. What you prefer and why? TC 350k$ #housing
- Apple Home with Siri vs. Alexa Smart Home Any thoughts on which is better career wise: Sr.PM at Apple Home with Siri or Sr. PM at Alexa Smart Home. I am currently working as a Sr.PM in Alexa Smart Home and looking to make principal soon. I want to look outside Amazon soon but unsure of Apple’s Smart Home space. any advice?
- How can Alexa be better than Google assistant? I mean even if it's not actually better but it's just comparable, how is that possible? Google has 20 years of history in answering people's queries and interpreting language, all while being a/the core business of the company. Alexa is way younger and Amazon's search/NLP biz was just for commerce
- What’s the process of Internal Transfers in Amazon? 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
- Amazon: Alexa AI division Recently I interviewed with a team in Alexa AI division and I am expecting an offer as the interview went well. How are the projects and work culture within Alexa AI org in general? And do they vary widely by location? Any insights will be appreciated. TC`- 0, A student who will be graduating soo
- PIP in Alexa Data Services team at Hyderabad Is it true that PIP in ADS is more as compared to other teams? #pip #alexa #amazon #amazonindia Tc: 15lpa
- Data Scientist Phone Screen - Amazon Alexa Shopping I have a phone screen for Data Science role (L4) with Alexa shopping team. I wanted to know if I could expect coding questions as well ? Recruiter mentioned it would be scripting based questions, however I see some posts mentioning LC (easy-medium) coding questions in phone screen as well (mostly fo
- Amazon Welcome Gift I accepted an offer last week and Alexa Recruiting sent me a 3rd gen Echo Dot as a welcome gift. An uncharacteristic freebie? Odds that it’s flagged as an employee device and is bugged? TC: Echo Dot