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? ...Read more
I'm about to join the Alexa team and wondering if any Amazonians had any thoughts?.
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
Hi, Can somebody help with pointers and directions with kind of technical questions that will be asked in the phone interview with hiring manager? TC ~ 280k #alexa #productmanagement #interview #amazon
I'm interviewing with Amazon to join an Alexa SWE team. I'll have the opportunity to pick a newly created team to join if I choose to pursue the role. Is this a good place to be?
Could anyone share what sort of questions I can expect in the tech interview? I have the loop next week with the Alexa org, so any tips and pointers will be appreciated. Searched old posts but couldn't find much. The recruiter left it pretty open with it could be system design or about my current w...Read more
Flood the market with Alexa in every possible damn thing. Alexa may not be as smart as "ok google" but it is pretty functional and versatile in daily life.
#Amazon #BlackFriday#thanksgiving
What are some of the cool use cases that have not been deployed yet? What some of the product features you would like to see that are not there yet?
Title says all If any other bigger failure, please mention in the comments.
Go to any product, swipe down to reciwes and you see the search bar for reviews. The amazon mobile app just plugged in a raw LLM to answer reviews, any sde and team with 2 brain cells would have designed to eliminate this and catch this. What are the Senior SDEs, PMs, Test engineers, managers doing...Read more
Amazon Alexa is getting a paid version as Alexa+ with LLM support where you can have conversation with Alexa. The free version will get to an Ad-supported version and will sell you Amazon products and the Alexa paid version. https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Amazon-said-to-introduce-paid-version-...Read more
I know Amazon is frugal, but do employees under Alexa get free Alexa products like echo? If not how do they make sure engineers understand the product well. TC:280k
Hate alexa anyway https://www.seattletimes.com/business/here-are-the-worst-in-show-ces-products-according-to-consumer-and-privacy-advocates/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2C8w0ETKeZA3PvNxdhn_VQGQsxXEzJo1DY6-zcS_BrPSBnyr6dvqefNYg#Echobox=1705033111 ...Read more
Is this a real product instead of hype like Alexa or google home ? Amazon said Alexa would eat in to google revenue and take search share Not sure if it’s a real product TC 300k
Amazon introduces a ton of new Alexa-enabled products, including a microwave and car gadget. Do you guys take a loss on each of these products? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/amazon-announcing-alexa-enabled-hardware-products.html
I was recently laid off from Amazon Alexa. Any help On who is hiring for product managers YOE: 15 TC : 290k
Are there any general advantage/disadvantages to being a product manager in AWS/Alexa vs. Amazon E-Commerce (ex. Amazon Marketplace Org)? Also, would it be any more difficult for a PM-T to go from retail to AWS or Alexa later? I’m trying to decide whether I should move ahead with the retail positi...Read more
Where are the best design teams at Amazon who are actually shipping products and aren’t Alexa.
Am I the only one who thinks prime day is extremely over hyped and is good for nothing but shitty budget products and the promotion of Alexa devices?