Amazon Discover Review
at Amazon
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Software Engineering
London
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Experience
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
The insight involved several panel discussions by Amazon members detailing company culture, work life, internship application advice. Additionally, there were small group technical sessions of 5-10 people where we completed coding challenges, pair programming activities and bug finding challenges alongside a mentor - covering various aspects of Software Development fundamentals like test-driven development and object-oriented programming.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
Being a big company, Amazon offers many different roles covering various products, languages, and frameworks so it is exciting to hear from specialists in vastly different fields. The business despite being of massive scale seems to be united by several core principles.
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
5/5
How would you rate the structure of the insight
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
I developed my skills in writing clean, maintainable code and comprehensive unit tests, as well as preparing for job interviews.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
5/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
5/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very customer centric and data centric, striving for excellence but overall very welcoming.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
5/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
Very much, it was insightful
Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
I was not paid or reimbursed 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
Pretty standard SWE skills seem to be important - clean and maintainable code, a little bit of systems thinking, demonstrating coding ability through projects, testing framework.
