Re:My Interviews with Amazon
by 8note on Thursday July 28, 2016 @02:41PM
(#12182200)
I recently accepted a job offer with Amazon and had fun with it.
I got a random email saying they were coming to my hometown, so I did the "2hr" coding test everyone is complaining about... which was actually really easy and more like 1hr.
then the day of, I biked down the river for coffee and lunch, then spent the afternoon coding on paper/laptop, and talking about past tech things I've done and why/how I did them. It was mostly a half and half split between the discussion and problem solving, then me trying to code one of my solutions in the last 10min of each interview, and mostly running out of time:P
The next day they invited me to move to seattle, and out for beers that evening.
Re:My Interviews with Amazon
by gdulli on Thursday July 28, 2016 @02:52PM
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It's a first date, both sides are on their best behavior. The more turnover you have, the more people you need to hire. And the more effort you need to put into convincing people to join.
I got a random email saying they were coming to my hometown, so I did the "2hr" coding test everyone is complaining about... which was actually really easy and more like 1hr.
then the day of, I biked down the river for coffee and lunch, then spent the afternoon coding on paper/laptop, and talking about past tech things I've done and why/how I did them. It was mostly a half and half split between the discussion and problem solving, then me trying to code one of my solutions in the last 10min of each interview, and mostly running out of time:P
The next day they invited me to move to seattle, and out for beers that evening.