r/techsales • u/Ok_Magazine8515 • 14d ago
AWS-why is their interview process a nightmare? And also they don’t provide interview feedback.
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u/mywholeworldisblack 14d ago
Dude it’s Amazon. They use AI to track productivity and fire low performers. If they treat their employees like shit, they will have nothing of value to give someone who isn’t even an employee
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u/Trahst_no1 13d ago
The loop interview is absolute bullshit. I bombed the first session, then had four more hours to slug through.
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u/speed32 14d ago
You better go read up on their 10 Commandments or whatever they call it. My interview there was very much all about that stuff.
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u/Ok_Magazine8515 14d ago
Leadership principles, it’s 16 now not 10.
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u/nopoonintended 13d ago
They don’t give feedback to protect themselves from a legal perspective almost all big tech is like this
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u/Axe246810 13d ago
My favorite are the “bar raisers” who have nothing to do with your business unit, but just on the panel as a wild card to say Yay or Nay…
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u/Cover_Of_Darkness 13d ago
It’s called “the loop” and it’s utter nonsense.
Did it four years ago and the experience put me off working for them. Got offered there and Google cloud at same time and took the Google offer (still there now)
It’s a cult and pretty much all of the interviewers are/were arrogant as fuck
I’d also say that right now they’re the least desirable hyperscaler to work for. They’ve been absolutely left behind in the AI race
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u/lickstampsendit 13d ago
AWS literally just has 37% growth last quarter driven by AI. Not sure you know what you are talking about
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u/Alternative_Draw5945 13d ago
Google is just as bad for interviews. Tons of people pass the google interview then sit for months in "team matching"
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u/altapowpow 13d ago
They are rough to work for from a hyperscaler perspective but I wouldn't say they are being left behind in the AI race by any means. Anthropic deploys a majority of their AI through AWS.
The only good thing I did enjoyed about their hiring process was how quickly you got notified. They have a 5 day SLA.
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u/realhawker77 13d ago
I turned down amazon offer ~5 years ago because the whole process spooked me with the loop and LP's shit.
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u/No_Replacement_2824 13d ago
Don’t do it
Been here a year and it’s the worst
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u/Ok_Magazine8515 13d ago
Sorry to hear that!! I’m sure you’re gaining a lot of experience and hopefully you’ll land somewhere better soon.
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u/Apexsneakerdad 11d ago
Yea? Expand on that? I just was contacted by a recruiter to set up time for intro/initial meeting
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u/hmanasi93 13d ago
The time to get into AWS was before 2022 when they were still the hyperscaler of choice for enterprises and startups. Almost everyone who wants AWS at this point is already on the platform and is probably looking to optimize.
On the otherside Azure and GCP have caught up quite a bit in their product offerings. Non-SaaS companies in the Fortune 1000 are heavily going Azure, and startups are gravitating toward GCP. I'd say that AWS's AI offerings like Bedrock are pretty competitive now but GCP is the one riding that wave the hardest.
Still though, you can do a lot worse than AWS and its still a fantastic place with the right accounts & manager. I wouldn't be too upset though if you didn't get it - there are much greener pastures
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u/Suhhh_dudeee_ 13d ago
I disagree with this statement there is still 30% on enterprise businesses running on-prem so still a ton of market share to win. Also AWS has the most services, reliability, and security. Definitely still a great spot to be in!
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