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Hi everyone,

I’ve been shortlisted for an Amazon SDE interview (face-to-face) scheduled in Bangalore as part of a mega hiring event. There will be around 3–4 rounds (coding + behavioral). My total experience is 10 months in service based company.

I wanted to ask:

• What kind of DSA questions should I prioritize in the last few days?
• How difficult are the coding rounds typically in these hiring events?
• Any tips for the behavioral rounds (Leadership Principles)?
• Anything specific to F2F interviews at Amazon that I should be prepared for?
• can I expect LLD round?

A bit about me:

• Comfortable with arrays, strings, and basic graph problems (BFS/DFS)
• Practicing LeetCode regularly
• Working on improving problem-solving communication

Would really appreciate any recent experiences or last-minute advice 🙏

Thanks!

This is the 3rd year I haven’t received a hike. My skips are really difficult to work with and there’s a lot of politics at skips level. I am fed up and frustrated. Can I ask hr to review and ask them team change atleast?

The first year 2023 i wasn’t eligible as a new joinee, 2024 mgr changed and he put me in focus so no hike. 2025 mgr changed twice. He told me i dont know much about u or ur work so i could not fight for exceeds and just accepted whatever the skip said. and finally 2026- again a mgr change - they gave some random excuse and didnt even fight for exceeds for my scorecard and left it on my newly joined mgr(2months) to take care of the olr when she had no idea of the process or the team) and my old mgr didnt even have a review call just released the comp after last date.

I have started looking out for roles and by the time i get something outside am thinking why not move internally and away from this psychopath team. Im just losing it every single day and they have the audacity to tell you are not motivated enough, you should have determination. To hell with that :/.

If I do go to hr, should I inform my mgr beforehand or just directly speak to them?

I worked at Amazon as a software engineer (L4) and had been on medical leave almost 1yr. I had sent in all necessary paperwork from Dr's. I had extended it multiple times throughout the year, but it was approved each time. The last approval had me set to return in July. Then, without warning, a week ago, I was sent an email that I had been terminated due to extending my leave multiple times, and them needing to backfill my role. I was never warned that my job was in jeopardy, and they also won't offer severance. I was on LTD since my STD ran out. So I wasn't being paid.

I reach out to MyHR the day I was terminated, and as soon as I asked about why my leave was approved but I was still terminated, I got locked out of the system, and then was sent a text and email that my leave was no longer approved. Furthermore, when I spoke with Amazon's rehabilitation specialist that get people on leave back to work, they told me if my role were to be backfilled, I'd be warned and given a chance to return first. Clearly that wasn't the case. The termination came out of the blue. I contacted my manager ( I have his number) but he didn't reply. I also spoke with HR on the phone, and they said I could appeal the termination since I was on leave, but then another rep said that's only for roles 1-3. Should I seek legal council? I believe this is some form of wrongful termination.

This is very preliminary info but my Amazon org might dissolve, should i jump ships. I have only been at Amazon for 9 months. My manager told me my project’s delivery will end in 2027. Not sure what can i do, should i plan to jump ship?

I posted this last week, but I wasn’t sure it got much visibility. I'm going to share one more time because I think it’s important. 

I truly believe it’s a critical time for tech workers to get together and DO SOMETHING about what’s going on in the world. The tech industry is at the center of it all: our CEOs are cozying up to the authoritarian administration, our jobs seem to have an endless cycle of layoffs, and our cloud products are going to have a massive impact on the world via AI and data center expansions.  

Right now, the place I know to plug in is joining this meetup this Saturday, April 25th. AECJ is planning to share its theory for what we can do at this moment, please join us!

I have a lot of questions: We’re being pushed to use AI, and maybe in some cases it makes us more productive, but what’s the real benefit for us? Is this going to make us work any less hours or with less surveillance? Is it going to make our world outside of work better? I’m worried the current answer to these questions is negative. And while making a change feels pretty uncertain and difficult, I certainly think we have to try. 

What do you all think? What’s giving you some hope or a way to take action these days? 

(Thanks for listening, sorry to double post but I really hope someone gets a new way to make a difference out of this) 

So i was terminated because i asked my manager a question about my write up. He reported to HR that i told him “ I know what you said “ When i did not say that they terminated me and said that’s retaliatory, he’s not even a the person who wrote me up. that’s literally not what happened nor was it retaliatory behavior

How can I prove it wrong because I can’t appeal

Been with the company 6 years now, both as IC and people manage. I’ve been in my role for about a year now, Back in March, my manager shared a tracker with leadership principles and goals. At that time, I explicitly asked whether I was in “focus” or on any form of performance plan, and I was told no. I also documented this confirmation via email to him.

Following that, we moved to weekly 1:1s; however, many of those meetings were skipped. I did not receive any feedback, recaps, or clear guidance on my performance. I continued updating the tracker, and it was marked as “green,” which reinforced my understanding that I was meeting expectations.

Additionally, I was never informed that I was restricted from applying to other roles. As i know this is a thing with focus.

Recently, after applying for another internal position, I was informed by the hiring manager that I am on a coaching plan and therefore ineligible to transfer. This was the first time I became aware of being on any form of performance plan.

Do I have a chance to fight this? I know alott of this is not policy and if someone is in focus all of this is red flags and normally is grounds from removal from focus. Also its required to tell me i cant apply out and also if i ask i am to be told i am in focus. As i have had individuals in focus before under me.

I honestly dont care too much about this role or to stay with this manager. I tried to apply out and found out that way I was in focus.

My income actually drops off like $30K YoY from 2026 to 2027. So it makes it easier to find a role elsewhere within that new pay range. Ideally i would prefer to stay as long as possible collect my stocks in Aug, Nov, and Feb, get a severance payout and find another company that treats people better.

Any feedback or advice helps!

I am an international on F1 visa (STEM-OPT). Been in Amazon for 8 months. I have been put on Pivot. And these are the options given to me. To keep my visa status valid and look for other jobs, I want to go for first option. But Do I have to return the joining bonus?

And if I go for second option, will I get the stated amount or will tax be deducted?

Please guide me to make the best choice from these three options given to me.

- Leave amazon with transition period

- Leave amazon with pay

- Improvement at Amazon

Hi there. I’m in focus with upcoming final due date for deliverables coming this Monday 4/27. I also just got an offer for a new job outside of Amz that I plan to take. If I fail focus, how long is it typically between failure > pivot/severance conversation. i.e. Might I be able to time this out to take severance and then start my new job in the coming weeks or is that wishful thinking?

I’m leaving my job due to a final warning. I can’t get my days changed and I honestly feel disillusioned by this place. This job isn’t a good fit. Low productivity is the cause for my warnings.

Q1 there use to notification on quip that it’s being depreciated by Q2or Q3? But that banner has been gone.

So does anyone have any update on this?

QUIP > Shitpoint

1 year tenure in Amazon. currently on annual leave, won’t return until first week of May.

Received an email this week from my line manager on my personal email stating “annual compensation statement has been finalised and is ready to be released but as per process its not a document that he can share/ release without a conversation with me.” And he’d like to have a conversation with me before 30 April, as that’s the deadline for it.

I’ve previously worked in corporate outside of Amazon, and the way it worked there was different. I currently work in Ops - any tenured employees know if the annual compensation statement would be released despite no conversation with me? Would having no conversation affect the release of compensation statement ? what is the process Towards discussion and compensation statement release?

You know in the first Zoolander movie Will Ferrell Breaksdown and says the line

"I feel like I'm taking Crazy Pills!"

I appreciate that AI is helping us innovate, but within my own team, across the org, 3 days cannot pass without somebody mentioning and spending 90 minutes of our time showing this "thing" they built with Kiro.

Am going nuts? I love using Kiro. really helps me streamline my work, but next week somebodies going to present a tool, which is doing the same thing that somebody else made 2 weeks ago.

https://preview.redd.it/vt2gnxw2hiwg1.jpg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03959f926c83ec569fd29d0902b6aed5596edec6

Hi, it’s been 5th days after my final int for sde intern, and I didn’t get any email. Should I follow up to a recruiter or wait more?

I recently completed the technical interview loop for Amazon DE Internship and received an “inclined” decision, which I’m really excited about. I think I’m now in the team matching phase, and my recruiter asked me to rank location preferences since my top choice (Seattle) might not be guaranteed.

I’m excited, but also a bit unsure about what this actually means in practice.

For anyone who’s gone through this before:

1. How strong is an “inclined” decision?
2. How long does the team matching process usually take?
3. What happens if you don’t get matched to a team?
4. Is there anything you can do at this stage to improve your chances of getting matched?

Also has anyone had any experience in moving a possible summer internship to an off-season fall semester internship?

Appreciate any insights. Thanks!

Alguém trabalha em algum centro da amazon no Brasil poderia me dizer salários ? Sou gerente em uma amazon aqui nos EUA ( area manager ) e gostaria muito de voltar pro Brasil no mesmo cargo, sei que ganharia bem menos comparando ao real vs dólar mas gostaria de ter uma ideia 🙏🏻🙏🏻