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Our mission: To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
What unites Amazonians across teams and geographies is that we are all striving to delight our customers and make their lives easier. The scope and scale of our mission drives us to seek diverse perspectives, be resourceful, and navigate through ambiguity. Inventing and delivering things that were never thought possible isn't easy, but we embrace this challenge every day.
By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.
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It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day: We embrace new ways of doing things, strive to stay nimble, make decisions quickly, and always focus on delighting our customers. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.
In his 2016 letter to shareholders, CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to maintain a Day 1 mindset. Read the full letter here.
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. Explore all of our Leadership Principles here.
Diversity and Inclusion
We value individual expression, respect different opinions, and work together to create a culture where each of us is able to contribute fully. Our unique backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our ability to achieve Amazon's mission of being Earth's most customer-centric company.
Our Affinity Groups bring employees together across businesses and geographies. With executive and company sponsorship, these groups play an important role in building internal networks for career development, advising Amazon business units, leading in service projects, participating in policy discussions, and reaching out to communities where Amazonians live and work. Since 2016, enrollment in Amazon’s affinity groups has more than doubled in more than 90 chapters worldwide.
Visit our Diversity & Inclusion page to learn more.
Our application and interview process differs from role to role, but the main ways we get to know you are through your online application, phone interviews, and in-person interviews. To check out a comprehensive list of interview preparation tips, visit our Interview Preparation pages on Amazon.jobs.
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At Amazon, we invest in the communities where our employees and customers live. Our contributions can be seen in many ways, and these are just some of our efforts to give back.
As a new college graduate or intern joining Amazon, you can have multiple opportunities to innovate and solve real-world, complex technical and business problems. We have career opportunities available for undergraduates and advanced degree students across the globe with diverse academic backgrounds.
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I have been working at Amazon full-time
Pros
Good company that worth working.
Cons
Overload in many areas that 8 cant word it.
Helpful (2)
Application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Singapore).
Interview
Referral: “Hi - you’ve passed the screening call. Our recruiters will reach out shortly”
Recruiter: “Hi - congratulations! We want to schedule your next round with a potential team mate”
Team mate (who, coincidentally, was my AWS account manager when I was at my previous employer. We worked on a number of events together and even held our annual company kick off at AWS): “Hi - you worked at XX? I don’t think we ever met”
Despite this sour taste in my mouth, I passed. Shortly after,
Recruiter: “Hi - we want to schedule your final rounds. Please send me your current salary, expected salary, visa type, references. Also your availabilities for the next 3 weeks.”
Cancelled and shifted all my meetings and plans to accommodate the schedule which was confirmed.
Next day
Recruiter 2: “Hi - we have cancelled the head count so won’t be proceeding.”
Pressed for more information
Recruiter 2: “Actually - they want someone more senior”
Recruiters were nice and despite the news, Recruiter 2 was just doing his job. The process spoke more about AWS people rather than their recruitment policies - a hodgepodge of misinformed messengers and pencil pushers passing the buck on to the next fall guy, using the AWS brand to justify their inexcusable treatment of potential employees.
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