Amazon Discover: Spring Insight Participant Review
at Amazon
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Computer Systems Engineering
London
Review Submitted: April 2022
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!
4.5/5
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Overview of Experience
4.8/5
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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.
Every day there were sessions with people that work at Amazon giving us advice about the application process, telling us about their daily life here. We also had sessions presenting the diversity of Amazon and the values respected there. We also had technical workshops with our mentors (we were divided into groups of 6-8 people each having a mentor). We debated ideas for various coding problems, debugging existent code, have a good understanding of existing code and took into consideration ways of improving it.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
All the speakers that showed up in the 3 days event came with the story of their journey in Amazon. It helped us to have a better understanding of how to choose the positions that suits us the most.
It was explained how to be a successful applicant and, even more important that this, we were told what are the company's role values and what matters the most for the internal policy. With this experience, it was a great opportunity to learn about the roles available
It was explained how to be a successful applicant and, even more important that this, we were told what are the company's role values and what matters the most for the internal policy. With this experience, it was a great opportunity to learn about the roles available
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?
My problem solving skills improved since I had to analyse quite complex problems in a limited time and then to discuss my ideas.
I can also affirm that my communication and pair programming skills increased as well. I learnt how to pay better attention to details and see a problem from different perspective. Working in pairs also allowed me to be more flexible and dead with situations that can occur to the job in reality.
I can also affirm that my communication and pair programming skills increased as well. I learnt how to pay better attention to details and see a problem from different perspective. Working in pairs also allowed me to be more flexible and dead with situations that can occur to the job in reality.
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
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?
Amazon is a very diverse company that values everyone's cultural background. You can easily find your place in such a diverse team. It is really good that teams are diverse because in this way everyone can come with different approaches thanks to their different backgrounds, so, more ideas can be built.
This inclusive atmosphere is beneficial for both employees and the company: the company can see more approaches of the same idea picking the best ones and everyone feels included and seen
This inclusive atmosphere is beneficial for both employees and the company: the company can see more approaches of the same idea picking the best ones and everyone feels included and seen
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?
These 3 days were really helpful for my future career because I have seen in reality how it feels to be part of a big and diverse team. Everyone was friendly and supportive and the mentor was kind and came up with really good explanations for the problems provided.
It was enjoyable to be able to affirm myself and to express my ideas openly and to debate other ways of approaching everything that I had in mind.
It was enjoyable to be able to affirm myself and to express my ideas openly and to debate other ways of approaching everything that I had in mind.
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
5/5
Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
Yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon
Everyone interested into a big and diverse company should apply to Amazon. I would recommend them to pay attention to the large group events, to listen to the speakers and learn from their experiences and also to be involved in the mentoring groups. They should try to approach all the problems provided by the mentors and ask for clarifications if they do not fully understand the requirements. It is important to interact with their colleagues as well
