Amazon Discover: Spring Insight Participant Review
at Amazon
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Information Technology
London
Review Submitted: April 2022
Overall Rating
4.4 /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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.3/5
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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.
Panels on an introduction to the company, leadership principles, how to make your application standout and handling technical and behavioural interviews.
Smaller technical breakout group (mine was size 7) including coding mini-challenges, debugging exercises and pair programming/code reviews.
Smaller technical breakout group (mine was size 7) including coding mini-challenges, debugging exercises and pair programming/code reviews.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
It helped me get a personal insight into life at a big tech company. They introduced the teams and products they offer and what you can take part in as well as insight into the ease of switching between roles. The key takeaway was the importance of their leadership principles and how this applies to day to day work
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
5/5
How would you rate the structure of the insight
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
Cache Replacement Policies
Code Reviews
Improving the Efficiency of Your Code
Code Reviews
Improving the Efficiency of Your Code
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?
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?
Amazon's company culture encourages their employees to be the best they can possibly be, their range of Affinity groups also makes the atmosphere more diverse and celebrating of people's backgrounds
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
4/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
I really enjoyed learning more about life as a software engineer at Amazon, and what steps I can take to secure Summer internships. Hopefully, this programme will be in person for future cohorts to increase engagement even further
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
Review the leadership principles before you apply and make sure you are up to date with coding principles, data structures and algorithms.
