Amazon Discover Review

Item: Amazon Discover at Amazon
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Amazon

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Software Engineering

London

Review Submitted: June 2023

Overall Rating

4.8 /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!

5/5 - Overview of Experience

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Recommendations and Advice

Overview of Experience

Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.

This program was 2 days and involved a combination of technical workshops and panels. There were a combination of coding workshops, debugging sessions and code review/discussions with an Amazon engineer in smaller groups. There were also panels later in the day with more employees working in a range of careers talking about their experiences in their day-to-day role, their application experience as well as their growth int he company and affinity groups.

What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?

It was quite interesting and I enjoyed hearing how one person can take on many roles within the company and there is a possibility to explore and grow within the company via switching teams or taking on more responsibility

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 have gained some new knowledge in the field of algorithms- e.g. floodfill, trie data structures as well as gained knowledge of errors that could occur in code such as memory leaks and number-out-of-range errors. This complemented my current knowledge well and was the perfect level of difficulty for me.

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?

Really cool to see! It was nice to see employees interacting with each other as well as see how well some of them already know each other. The talk about affinity groups and the community-feel was quite refreshing.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the networking opportunities?

4/5

Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

I enjoyed it a lot! I didn't have much expectations for a virtual insight but it was extremely interactive and engaging. It was structured very well and it was the perfect level of engagement.