Amazon Discover: Spring Insight Participant Review
by Amazon
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Business Insight
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
- Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
- 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
- Please rate how insightful you found the insight
- How would you rate the structure of the insight
- How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
- 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the networking opportunities?
- Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
- 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Amazon
- 7. Would you recommend Amazon to a friend?
- 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Amazon
Overview
We had some specialised technical workshops in small groups with an assigned mentor . We worked on coding challenged and improving the aesthetic and efficiency of our code. We also had workshops specific to the Amazon culture. A lot of worker talked to us about their daily job and experience working at Amazon, and gave us tips on how to succeed in our future endeavours.
Skills
I extensively developed my coding skills - I was supervised by a software engineer who was experienced and very patiently explained all the details of the code required to solve the challenges and how to improve it.
Business Insight
It was very eye opening as every really focussed on helping us understand what the job entailed and what prerequisites we needed to be successful in the field.
Culture
Everyone was very friendly, welcoming and encouraging.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed the insight as it helped me understand what next steps I should take in order to pursue a career in my chosen field. It also helped me understand what the requirements are to be successful and what attitude I should have towards my future.
Yes
Brush up on coding and be very open to solving new challenges and not being afraid to be stick or asking for help as everyone there wants people to succeed.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Information Technology
London
April 2022
