Amazon Discover: Spring Insights Participant Review

by Amazon

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Business Insight
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • There were daily talks, discussions and Q&As with the panel members and small group workshops where we were faced with mini challenges and offered advice and support.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • Absolutely. Very informative all round and found the workshops so helpful in regards coding skills. It gave me a lot of helpful tips on what I need to learn and improve on in hopes of improving my chances of gaining a place on the internship program.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

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

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
  • Very clear and a great insight into different departments. Loved hearing from all the employees old and new about their personal experiences. In particular I was very intrigued by the work life balance insights we were given. As a mother of two young children this is very important to me.


  • 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 relaxed and open to learning, really enjoyed hearing about the affinity groups and resources available.


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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 5. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
  • I really enjoyed it. You could see there was a lot of time and effort put into it and as a student I felt so honoured to be shown such care into delivering this event over the three days.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • Attend this event if possible to gain a clear insight into the company and see if it is a right fit.


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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Computer Systems Engineering

International

April 2022


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