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- Evaluate Amazon DS L5 offer (London) Hello folks, I just got the offer from Alexa Shopping team. Details are below: Headline TC number is £125K Current TC: £92K YOE: 2.5Y This is a big step up from my current role so Im quite happy and 99% inclined to accept, but still want to hear a second opinion. Grateful for any comment/feedback
- L7 Sr SDM offer from Amazon, which team should I choose? I’ve passed L7 interviews at Amazon. I am now going through the team selection process. The team choices shared by recruiter are Fire TV, Alexa Mobile, Alexa Smart Home Platform and Freetime. Would love to hear feedback about these orgs wrt culture and growth opportunities. The final offer will
- Amazon team selection Hello everyone ! I'm currently in the hiring process for Amazon SDE-2 role. The process is called Pathfinder program. The process is pretty new to me where I had finished interviews and now I'm working on team-matching (pretty similar to Google's process). I'm trying to find some teams in the Bay ar
- Amazon alexa data services India team Planning to join Alexa data services team in India Looking for team's feedback regarding wlb, work quality, team culture. Haven't got the numbers yet. Current level 62 Tc ~40L Yoe 8
- Amazon folks how are alexa teams? Any feedback on alexa engine/excellence teams? Are they worth exploring? How is the culture and work life balance? Thanks in advance for any insights. Friend got an offer and want to know more.
- Alexa Q&A L6 SWE: Offer Expected Hi - I am expecting offer from Alexa Q&A (Bay Area location), SWE L6. I don't have production level NLP background (know basic theories) but the recruiter said that it shouldn't be an issue. Feedback I got is that the rounds went very well. (a) what's the TC I should expect ? According to levels,
- Amazon Alexa Everywhere Culture Got an offer as an IC7 Principal PMM (don’t have a final TC yet). Seeing if there’s current or former employees of Alexa Everywhere (developer audience around skills, device makers) for feedback on org. Also any FB/GOOG to AMZN move experiences appreciated. Thanks! #Amazon
- amazon bay area offer I am expecting an offer from amazon (sunnyvale, alexa team). I have almost 5 years exp with MS degree. The recruiter said interview feedback is really great and I think I did well. solved at least 2 questions (did 4 for 1 interview) and conversation was reall good as well. Given this, what is expec
- Product Manager resume review please Hello all, I am currently looking for a PM role in tech with over 4 years experience in hardware (non-tech ) development and product management. My goals are - 1. getting a PM role in hardware teams in tech (ex:Google nest, Alexa home devices, smart home, Meta AR/VR devices). 2. More ideally, would
- Amazon Applied Scientist Team Match Hi, got email from recruiter with positive news after virtual on-site for applied scientist role with Alexa teams. But mentioned that I’d have to wait for team matching. How long for team match? Don’t the interviewing teams hire the candidate after giving positive feedback? TC-118k YOE - 3.5 PS-
- vote Amazon Sr.TPM L6 - Interview 1 Hello all - I know there may be a lot of posts out there already on similar question. But, I have a Phone 1 interview w/ Amazon (for Alexa & Scout) groups for Sr.TPM. Few questions: 1) Does anyone have any insights into what to expect on this interview and how best to prep for it? Also, any other
- Amazon Alexa Or AWS Bay Area folks? Hi is there any HM working for Amazon Alexa Or AWS in Bay Area? I have recently received an offer from Amazon Alexa AI team (1 day ago) and it’s in Seattle. I would like to stay back in Bay Area due to family reasons. My recruiter isn’t connecting me with any HMs in Bay Area. Any opportunity is real
- Rejected after on-site round at Amazon, no feedback given and recruiter says feel free to apply to other jobs at amazon 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
- Declining Amazon offer. Att: Amazon Managers I'm declining a high L5 offer ( met L6 bar but did not raise it, and potential promo to L6 within a year based on feedback) due to being lower than my current comp, the requested # is within L6 range. The Sr managers all agreed on exception but finance team rejected the request due to the budget.
- Burnout and imposter syndrome is real Recently joined Amazon as a BIE (Alexa Org). Can’t help but worry that my work is not generating as big contributions as some others on the team. WLB has gone for the toss. Haven’t received any negative feedback yet but unable to shake this feeling off. Plus with the layoff rumors going around, I’m
- vote Evaluate multiple offers: Rubrik Vs Amazon Vs Citrix I have recently received the below offers. Rubrik SDE1 Archival team Base 155k Bonus 20k RSU 45k TC: 220k Location: Palo Alto Amazon SDE1 Alexa Music Base 140k Bonus 25k RSU 20k TC: 185k Location: Seattle Citrix SDE2 CVAD team Base 135k RSU 17k TC: 152k Location: Florida 2 Years of backend
- Lab126 Director offer I have a SDM Director offer coming down from #Lab126 at #Amazon per recruiter. I'm currently an M2 at FB with TC of 750k. How is the culture there? Do they have PIPs at L8 level? I don't care so much about my personal WLB as much as I do about team culture, cohesiveness and trust. I'm always carefu
- link Principal Product Manager Alexa interview prep Has anybody here gone thru a virtual interview loop for Principal Product Manager at Amazon Alexa? I would appreciate some tips on: 1) Types of interviews - leadership/behavioral, technical..? 2) How many interviews of each type? 3) Is there a virtual Whiteboard available like Google uses Jamboard?
- Research labs vs applied science Hi there. I'm interested in research labs such as Google Research, and Microsoft Research. I think these are obviously among the most prestigious industry research labs, and I consider them equivalently good. Going down a little bit more applied, I see many other options, but I'm not sure how they c
- Amazon post interview team match experience Back in March I went through a full interview loop for a DS position #Amazon alexa in Seattle and that consisted of 2 phone screens and 5 round interviews at virtual onsite. I eventually got the feedback from the recruiter that although they are positive about me, they believe my profile is more ali
- Amazon SDE onsite interview results - Advice required I received my Amazon interview results for Alexa AI Seattle today. My recruiter told me my feedback is positive and I am in inclined to offer stage. However the team that I was interviewing for doesn't have head count anymore. She is trying to find new teams for me but it will take some time. My dea
- Google vs Amazon Alexa AI vs Uber Freight vs Microsoft Got offers from those 4 companies. Advice needed. PhD 2.5 yoe with some ML background. Google L4, MTV, still matching the team. Potential teams Google ads infra, cloud data center supply chain optimization, still exploring more. Amazon Alexa AI, Boston, Applied Scientist L4 (interviewing for L5,
- 800+ leetcode and top 1k or better in contest still no FAANG or new offer Been trying for more than a year. Failed Amazon twice. Google, FB, MSFT, Apple and Zoom. All on-sites. So close yet so far. I consistently do LC, even in contests. I’m at my wits end sacrificing my 20s in chase for stability. most of the time, it’s the speed that costs me. Even the math/stat ba
- Lyft SWE ML Reject. Amazon Alexa Speech Team offer. I had a lyft onsite for SWE ML last week. Here's how it went. 1. 90 mins round. A Leetcode medium to be coded and submit the code via email immediately to the interviewer at the end of 90 mins. I could code it up, explain the solution and ran the attached test cases. Went well. [I forgot to handle
- My Amazon Experience I wanted to share my experience, it has ben some time I left Amazon but never shared this on public Blind channel. Many of the things I will say may identify me, but I give a damn. I joined Amazon as L5 Research Scientist, Bay Area in the Alexa team working on screen devices. I wanted to work on c
- SysDe (Systems Development Engineer) at Amazon I recently interviewed with Amazon for an SDE role (Alexa) and did only ok during the virtual onsite. I received feedback that I did well with leadership principles and on the behavioral portions, but didn't do quite as well with the coding exercises. Apparently, it was recommended by them that I wo
- Amazon/AWS PIP I am a new grad hire, joined AWS as a SDE-1 9 months ago, My manager started talking to me harshly in the 1:1s since the end of 3 months of on-boarding/embark plan itself, mostly on why my feature tasks were taking a bit longer, why the LPs are not followed properly and some other shitty reasons. He
- vote PM (India): 6 months, 26 applications, 10 rejections, 4 offers (Poll) Yes, 26 applications :) I was literally on a hunt for the right PM job in the last 6 months. Applied to all the vacancies in good companies that I know. [To be honest, In my mind, Microsoft and Google are the targets but planned to use other companies as interview practice because this is 1st time I
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- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA
- Google Mock interviewers needed Looking for mock interviewers. You will get paid for your time. DM for details.
- Need referral at Cloudflare, London - willing to pay As the title. #tech #cloudflare
- Fb l4 refreshers. What are they like in 2020? Considering an l4 SWE offer. Can someone help me understand what the typical refreshers.are like now ? I see older threads but would like newer info to help me decide. Tc 250k
- vote Workspace diversity Can you openly be anti-BLM or indifferent to BLM at your company ?
- What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? #equity #startup
- How should I hedge my portfolio from election result next week All my assets are in stocks and I am super anxious. Should I sell them all now which will trigger massive tax for this year or should I wait and a crash may happen if market overeact on election outcome? TC: 115K Investment value: 9.4M