Amazon Women of the World Spring Technology Insight Event Review
at Amazon
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Software Engineering
London
Review Submitted: April 2024
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
4.5/5
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Overview of Experience
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
An online experience from 1pm-5pm. This involved a hackathon using HackerRank. This had 6 questions of varying difficulty which each had a certain number of points available. This gave good practice for problem solving. The event also spoke a bit about amazon as a company and some employees roles.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
It was quite interesting to learn about some of the key values of Amazon and what day-to-day life is like at Amazon. It made me excited to try and apply for the 2025 internship.
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
4/5
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 improved my skills in Ruby and my general problem solving skills. It has also highlighted that I should expand my knowledge in Ruby or Python as my main programming knowledge is in Java.
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?
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
4/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
5/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
It seemed like an inclusive culture and atmosphere. It seems like a great place to innovate and excel. Amazon seems to focus on customer-centric design where opinions are valued.
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?
I really enjoyed this opportunity. I found it useful to highlight my stronger skills and my weaker skills. I feel like it has improved my general problem solving.
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 and had no expenses
Recommendations and Advice
Please rate the future employment prospects at Amazon
4/5
Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
Yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon
Look for other insight events like this one. Learn a language more similar to python than Java as Java can be very verbose which can make some of the challenges harder than needed.
