Amazon Discover Insight Participant Review

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

at Amazon

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Software Engineering

Manchester

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

4/5 - Recommendations and Advice

Overview of Experience

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

The Amazon Discover Insight program is a 2 day event and was filled with very exciting and interesting sessions, such as coding challenges (solo and in a group) with a mentor from Amazon as well as discovery sessions hosted by employees working in Amazon, which gave really good insight into Amazon.

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

It was very interesting to see the whole range of potential roles and opportunities and useful to have an insight for making an application in software engineering

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?

- Soft skills such as communication and team working
- Software and programming (topics such as Object Oriented Programming and Algorithms and Data Structures)

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

4/5

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Everyone seemed like they really enjoyed working in Amazon and from the sessions, it was clear that Amazon highly promotes good company culture, for example, Affinity Groups. Affinity groups brings employees from different backgrounds together, hence strengthening the atmosphere.

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

I very much enjoyed the insight program. Although the coding challenges can be slightly overwhelming, it helps you focus on software topics you might not be familiar with. It also helps to learn more about the company, what potential roles are available and the recruitment process.