Great location (downtown Palo Alto) Great mission Some good Amazon-internal training
Amazon culture has taken over. See the Amazon reviews and rating. Promotions are hard, partly due to manager churn.
Got an offer from A9 that I like. Any stories about A9 culture? How similar is it to the Amazon culture? I am not bothered by lack of free food and offer comp is good so please comment on other aspects.
I was recently contacted about a position at A9. I’ve heard mixed things about Amazon in general. Is A9 any better?
Hey, I have an Pinterest offer, and they told me that we are going IPO next year. Valuation is 12.4Billion, My other offer is Amazon A9 that has base + cash + few stock for first 2 years. Assuming they both are almost the same on TC, is it worth to take risk on Pinterest, assuming it will grow? How...Read more
How is the work and office life at A9, in the Palo Alto office? What work do interns there generally get? Does it have a startup culture or is it similar to Amazon? Does it have a similar frugal nature as Amazon? Is the pay scale different from Amazon? Do you have a cafeteria for (paid) lunches? G...Read more
I currently have 2 offers in hand from Square and Amazon A9. Square TC: 270k Base : 170k RSUs: 400k (over 4 years) Joining bonus: 10k Level : L5 Location: San Francisco Amazon A9 TC: 270k ( as per the recruiter) Base: 182k 1st year : 80k 2nd year: 62k Stocks: 107 (number of RSUs) Level : SDE 2 Loc...Read more
How is work life balance and quality of work? What do you think about A9? What about the comp (comp structure etc)?
How’s the A9 visual search team? Is interesting work being done or is it on maintenance mode? Also is the wlb as bad as other amazon teams? Asking for the position of a sde
I have got an offer from A9, Amazon. I was wondering what kind of base, TC I should be expecting? Position: Applied Scientist (or probably senior applied scientist - need to confirm with recruiter) PhD in computer vision and deep learning YOE: 3+ years
How do product management jobs at A9 stack up against Google / Facebook / Microsoft product jobs? E.g. Prestige, strength of teams, culture, etc.
Recently got contacted from them. I have not practiced algo for > 2yrs. Are these two good options ? Does amazon add more branding value on resume than Lyft?
Anyone has A9 onsite Palo Alto experience? Should I expect questions similar to the ones which are asked at Amazon?
Google requires reinterviewing for fulltime while A9 does not. Also I am doing an internship at Facebook. Is it much harder to apply for new grad at google versus intern conversion interview?
Amazon a9 onsite interview coming up later this week for senior SDE role. What should I expect? Are coding questions leetcode style? Medium or hard? Any tips on what to expect for the system design rounds? Are the "leadership principles" given the same amount of importance in A9 as well? Specifical...Read more
This may be a long shot, but I'm looking to better understand how the A9 Algorithm works. I have a good understanding of how it works in theory. However, I'm noticing some changes and would just like to know the most up to date signals. Anybody from Amazon willing to have a conversation about this?...Read more
How is Amazon A9 team and how valuable do you think will this experience be? Do they operate like a startup - agile and move fast?
How is it to work there? Is it equally valued like Amazon? Are salaries same as Amazon?
Our A9 team in Palo Alto is having a hiring event for software engineers. Message me know if you are interested.
I have an onsite with the A9 search team coming up for SDE2 position in Bay area. I was wondering what would be the standard of the interviews? Should I expect leet code hard problems for the coding interviews? Do the system design questions be more oriented around search ? Any pointers would be h...Read more
Can any current/ex employee shed some light on the work culture in A9 search team in Palo Alto? Also, are there any special perks given to employees here which are different from rest of Amazon org? #amazon #a9 #search #paloalto