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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:16PM (#33628874)
> They still do leetcode screening don’t they?

I mean that's a big part of what makes it so easy. Near zero "culture fit" or anything random you just need to solve easy problems.

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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by dimitrios1 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:34PM (#33629207)
The culture fit for Amazon IMO comes down to

"are you willing to work nights and weekends on a moments notice no matter what?"

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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by nostrebored on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:26PM (#33630015)
The entire interview at Amazon is based around culture fit. The tech bar is the same across levels. The ability for you to execute in the culture is the whole point of the interview.
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by malfist on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:15PM (#33630743)
Our training material explicitly excludes culture fit questions or decisions since it is a source of bias.
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by nostrebored on Thursday November 17, 2022 @01:24AM (#33635652)
What is culture other than the shared set of beliefs that you agree to work with? LP questions are culture fit questions. What’s excluded are things that go beyond that, for example “how do you feel about drinks with coworkers?”
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by malfist on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:33AM (#33639381)
Fair, though traditionally when people talk about culture fit they are a lot of times asking "is this someone I could be friends/get a drink with" which is treading dangerous waters.
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by scrame on Thursday November 17, 2022 @01:58AM (#33635838)
who is "our"?
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Re:Amazon staff laid off as tech giants cut costs, according... by malfist on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:32AM (#33639362)
Amazon
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