My Interviews with Amazon
Interesting, I get pestered by them constantly, and never actually considered going for it. For one thing, the common sentiment on HN seems to be &#x27;friends don&#x27;t let friends work for Amazon&#x27;.<p>Amazon seems like a meat grinder, where getting hired isn&#x27;t as hard as it seems, and they just burn through young people who don&#x27;t know better. This is as someone completely on the outside who&#x27;s only heard stories, though. When I brought this up to one recruiter a few years ago, they basically acknowledged the reputation and their intent to improve.<p>Perhaps unlike HN, I&#x27;ve never seriously considered joining a mega-corporation like Google, Facebook, or Amazon. I just don&#x27;t see the appeal, nor do I want to work in a city (SV, Seattle, NYC, or otherwise).