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I recently interviewed at Amazon, and failed. It was quite memorable in a bad way, it felt very unwelcoming and mechanical. I even wondered during the intervie

I recently interviewed at Amazon, and failed. It was quite memorable in a bad way, it felt very unwelcoming and mechanical. I even wondered during the interview if I was actually talking to a human being or to a very elaborate AI + deep fake. Nonetheless, their leadership principles are bookmarked for later reuse. They're very good general purpose guidance.

kybernetikos 5y ago
> I was actually talking to a human being or to a very elaborate AI + deep fake I've also had similar experiences talking to people at Amazon. I can associate most of the big tech companies with various negative traits (and some positive ones too), but Amazon is the only one where a significant number of the people seemed to be inhabitants of the uncanny valley. One ex-amazonian I know gradually seemed to 'de-program' over about 3 years after he left. Not being terribly familiar with the internal culture, I'm not sure what causes it, but perhaps it's what naturally happens if you're the kind of person to succeed at a company that wishes that humans were as predictable as automated processes.