Amazon Discover Review
at Amazon
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Software Engineering
London
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
3.8 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
3.5/5
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Overview of Experience
3.5/5
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Skills Development
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Recommendations and Advice
Overview of Experience
Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
Two day virtual event consisting of introductory sessions, panel discussions about the company and the working culture, technical workshops involving coding and algorithms, webinars on internship applications.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
This insigt event was only about one role - SDE. Would have liked to hear about other roles as well.
In depth insight into what the day-to-day life in amazon as an SDE is like. It was really nice learning not only the working aspect, but also diving into the technical details of what the job entails
In depth insight into what the day-to-day life in amazon as an SDE is like. It was really nice learning not only the working aspect, but also diving into the technical details of what the job entails
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
4/5
How would you rate the structure of the insight
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
Improved my coding skills definitely but also gained new knowledge on algorithms and data structures that i am not familiar with at all.
Insight into the company and the internship application
Insight into the company and the internship application
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
3/5
Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
3/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
4/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Online event so couldnt feel the atmosphere and culture as much. Also spent most of the insight with one mentor. But company culture webinars were really good and i feel like the company would be a nice place to work in.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
2/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
Was a really nice opportunity to develop my coding skills with a professional organisation. Learnt a lot of technical skills and knowledge. Better understanding of the life of an SDE and their day-to-day tasks. Would have also benefitted from more graduates talking about specific tasks or case studies they encountered during their job, and potentially learn about roles outside of SDE.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
I was not paid and had no expenses
Recommendations and Advice
Please rate the future employment prospects at Amazon
5/5
Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
Yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon
Learn and play around loads of coding
