Yeah, there really wasn't anything surprising in the blog post. The prep work was somewhat interesting. But all the info looks like stuff easily available elsewhere. And I didn't really learn anything unexpected about Amazon's process. Besides I think NDA's for tech interviews generally just cover specific questions.
Re:Amazon software engineer interview
by partycoder on Saturday July 09, 2016 @03:42AM
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Most companies voluntarily send interview preparation tips. Recruiters want to get people recruited to get their commission.
Here's the thing, posts like this are just making searchable what many people already know. The difference is that the tribal knowledge of how to get through interviews is one of the reasons why our profession has a diversity problem. If you don't know that you should read those books and plan for those questions, how well do you think you will do? Plenty of this wisdom travels over beers among the circles of friends in the industry, but putting it on the internet democratizes the knowledge for everyone.