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by avgDev 1484 days ago
I am this stage currently.

Amazon recruiter has been asking me to take a technical assessment for weeks. I have no will power at all. Frankly, I am at a point where I won't study leetcode at all. I'm willing to make a move but will not grind.

Working on CRUD doesn't help the situation but at least I can do it with my tired and fried brain.

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> I'm willing to make a move

To Amazon? To be fair, I know people who thrived in the Amazon culture, but a lot don't.

> CRUD

It's all CRUD and ETL one way or another.

If it helps, I did like 2 easy leetcode exercises and still got into Amazon lol. I've done nothing but business applications for my entire career, so I don't know jack about data-structures nor algorithms. Most of the interview is about your work history and "leadership" questions.

EDIT: btw Amazon is NOT a good place for busy parents IMO. The on-call rotation can be brutal. YMMV based on where you land in the company, but if they will try to sell you hard on the positive aspects of the company and downplay the negatives, so beware.

Thanks for the heads up.