Amazon

Software Development Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

The work was interesting and I learned a lot.

What I wish was different

I wish that the program had been more structured.

Advice

Be ready to ask a lot of questions!

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Area Manager Intern

June - August 2017 • Indianapolis, IN

What I liked

Working in a fast pased environment.

What I wish was different

Better treatment of emoloyees and less overtime. More of a focus on learning.

Advice

Sometimes doing something you do not like can lead you to something you do truley enjoy.

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Amazon Associate

June 2018 • Hebron, KY

What I liked

Learning new skills and people

What I wish was different

I wish I had started earlier

Advice

Hard will eventually pays off!

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Financial Analyst

June - August 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Amazon

What I wish was different

Rain

Advice

Do it

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Software Development Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • Manhattan Beach, CA

What I liked

The team was tightly knit, knowledgeable, and experienced.

What I wish was different

I wish I had focused more on the team's primary mission, rather than a separate intern project. This is the nature of internships, however.

Advice

Amazon is a great company. It gives much autonomy to the various teams, so each team operates independently, which gives the experience a start-up feel (although the infrastructure is that of a large company, obviously). That said, your experience will vary depending on your team.

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Operations Financial Analyst Intern

May - August 2018 • Kent, WA

What I liked

- My work as an intern was appreciated and considered. - I learned in abundance. Learned high standards, ownership, and accountability from the teams I worked with. I also learned technical skills that I was required to perform. - Met brilliant people. Not only made professional connections, I built strong relationships and friendships in my time there. - My team was great. My teammates were brilliant and made sure to give me a warm welcome to the team. - I loved the culture of Amazon Fulfillment, we needed to work at the highest level while having tons of fun. - My work was valued and respected, and I feel it had a positive impact for the company which translates to a better experience for the customers.

What I wish was different

Nothing to change.

Advice

- Network. Go to career events and connect with people. Connect – don't just ask "the right question"; meet and learn about the other person, and make sure he/she gets to know you. Build relationships – you never know if that person you met will land you a position at a nice place or can become a friend. - Be ready, and not afraid, to learn. I had to learn a lot to do a good job, but that learning was mostly driven by myself. As an intern I was empowered, but that also comes with the responsibility to learn, in a great part by yourself, from the vast resource library provided by the company. Don't be afraid, you'll learn as you go. - Take action, fast. In school we have sometimes an entire semester to finish a paper. We may start early, and spend a lot of time planning, perfecting, and revising it to get that A. In my role it was different; while we had to take informed actions, we had to act quickly and not suffer from "paralysis by analysis". Sometimes you don't need to have 100% of the answers before starting to implement a project.

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delivery

June - September 2018 • San Leandro, CA

What I liked

autonomy

What I wish was different

higher pay

Advice

don’t be lazy

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Software Development Intern

May - August 2018 • Pittsburgh, PA

What I liked

Interesting to work at a company with a big focus on leveraging technology, and lots of tooling used to do things like version control, continuous deployment, testing, etc. Was also good to be given a lot of ownership and responsibility over my work.

What I wish was different

Would have been nice if there were more intern programs and events at my location

Advice

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Software Development Engineer Intern

June - September 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Loved the team, learned lots of new technologies, loved the city.

What I wish was different

Been more involved with the other interns there that summer.

Advice

Nothing in school can prepare you for what it's like to work in the industry.

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Software Engineer

February 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Learn a lot, challenging, related to what I studied in school

What I wish was different

Location closer to illinois

Advice

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Human Intelligence

June 2018 • Costa Mesa, CA

What I liked

I like the flexible hours and the ability to telecommute.

What I wish was different

I wish the pay was higher.

Advice

You definitely need to be open to doing widely different tasks.

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Junior Developer

February 2017 • San Luis Obispo, CA

What I liked

Very supportive environment, lots of resources, relatively laidback and understanding of school schedules.

What I wish was different

I don't like working in a cubicle. Also, every junior developer experienced a lot of stress during the summer.

Advice

Don't waste your time on corporate intro videos. Ask your mentor to give you a task as soon as possible. Finally, make sure to get the same setup that your mentor has (operating system, development environment, etc.); this will save you hours of trying to understand why the instructions in an out-of-date wiki aren't helping.

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Software Development Engineer Intern

May - August 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

It was a chill place to work. Everyone is very knowledgeable and motivated. No on micromanages you, and if you get your work done you pretty much have run over your own project/workday.

What I wish was different

Teams can be hit or miss. Mine had some minor issues. Team events were a bit lacking, but this varies across Amazon. No free food, but free coffee, snacks, and beer/happy hours made up for it.

Advice

Do it if you have a chance, it's worth it and they take care of their own.

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Software Development Engineering Intern

June - August 2017 • Cupertino, CA

What I liked

Nice people, chill atmosphere, semi-interesting work

What I wish was different

Wish I'd got to work on cooler stuff

Advice

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Software Engineering Intern

May - August 2017 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Great experience

What I wish was different

Advice

Practice CTCI and leetcode

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Software Development Engineering Intern

May - August 2017 • Denver, CO

What I liked

Great community, great work/life balance, flexible working hours.

What I wish was different

I wish my office held more social activities for everyone to get to know each other.

Advice

Make sure to thoroughly plan out your intern project before starting it, and try to figure out what resources you need to finish the project.

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Stow

August 2015 • Carteret, NJ

What I liked

Working tech products.

What I wish was different

Spending a short amount of time on the job.

Advice

Follow through and work hard.

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Software Development Engineer Intern

May - August 2017 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Work content, environment, pay.

What I wish was different

Stress level.

Advice

Be self-motivated.

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Software Development Intern

June - September 2017 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Smaller company feel while having all of the resources of Amazon. Project was meaningful and full stack so I experienced what it was like developing for about four different teams. Project was deployed to production and is consumer facing.

What I wish was different

More experience with what actual team members do such as reviewing others' code.

Advice

Treat it like your actual full time job. Do not be afraid to ask questions and also do not be afraid to question existing code and practices.

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Software Development Engineer Intern

May - August 2017 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

The people I worked with, the area, and the projects I was assigned. I learned a tremendous amount and all of the resources I could've possibly needed were at my disposal.