Tech IndustryMay 10, 2019
AppleBenderRama

Would you recommend AWS *hardware* team?

Preparing for a Hardware QA role onsite interview. Would appreciate tips on preparing for these interviews . (Phone screens have so far focused on fairly easy coding questions and leadership principles) A bit confused as Iโ€™m not a coder by profession (but a very good scripter ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ). So do I focus on hardware fundamentals or leetcode. I applied to this role because AWS is absolutely killing it out there and my TC at Apple is a joke.

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BluVector sparked May 10, 2019

What hardware? I thought it was all in the cloud? /s since blind canโ€™t detect sarcasm

Apple BenderRama OP May 10, 2019

Hehehe. Cloud, therefore vaporware

Amazon DeepObsess May 10, 2019

HW doesn't pay well in general. I'll be surprised if AMZN pays more than Apple.

eBay ivyctxta May 10, 2019

Heh.. QA for Hardware? Arenโ€™t those called verification?

Apple BenderRama OP May 10, 2019

No. Can be anything. Hw is nuanced Verification is done on a code/logic level. Then thereโ€™s validation. Then you can have firmware QA thatโ€™s still technically hardware QA. If you making a board with 100 different components and ICs you need to test they all work well as a system. Manufacturing Test is also QA. Iโ€™m gonna start learning how to code Apps. And made a blind-hw app. I am convinced I wonโ€™t get any meaningful inputs here haha

Apple BenderRama OP May 10, 2019

I was going to snide youโ€”but you work at eBay. Iโ€™d love to refer you when I get hired at Amazon lol