Amazon Women Of The World Spring Technology Insight Event Review

by Amazon

Rating

4.5/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Business Insight
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • Introduction to Amazon and its core values, hackathon, panel with software developers describing their journey and experience at Amazon with live Q&A, description of the internship interview process and tips


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • It was a good opportunity to practise coding skills, and to learn about Amazon. I also learnt a lot about the internship application process and the panellists mentioned a lot of useful tips.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
  • 4/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
  • It was interesting to hear from the panellists, though maybe there could have been a wider range of experience. For example, including someone who has been at Amazon long-term vs someone who is a new graduate employee.


  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the structure of the insight
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It seemed friendly and there are a lot of positive values (the leadership principles) that the company tries to embody


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • I enjoyed the insight; it was well organised and the activities planned were fun


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 5/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Amazon
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon
  • I would advise them to prepare technically as well as carefully study the leadership principles


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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Software Engineering

London

April 2024


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