Amazon Australia & New Zealand Reviews

The internship is project based, and is primarily what you are assessed on (as well as your cultural fit) to receive a return offer as a graduate. My best advice: Learn and Be Curious & Deliver Results!!! Intern > Graduate BS > BS > Senior BS Once a graduate, you are considered a 'graduate' for a year. The usual promotion to the next level/Senior BS is 1.5-2 years, however I have heard of backlogs prolonging this process in recent times (e.g. 2.5 years instead) Once you get that initial promotion, you are free to apply to move into other business functions/roles (e.g. Program Manager, Vendor Manager, Marketing) or even overseas/AWS roles. It is a very common pipeline as the Brand Specialist role is a generalist one. One thing I've gathered about Amazon is they are big on retention, and moving elsewhere is almost an encouraged practice. You can approach your manager expressing the desire to move into different functions and they will support you/connect you with the relevant people.

The entire intern cohort, and some additional volunteers, spent a day at OzHarvest cooking food.

Amazon is a very young company both in terms of company and employee age. Which also makes it super fun! The company is MASSIVE on culture, and those leadership principles really do guide everything you do. It was a bit weird seeing aspects of 'American' company culture bleed into Australia, but also kind of fun (e.g. they hosted a game show as part of their end of year wrap up) A very flat hierarchy made for some awesome coffee catchups with super senior people. Everyone is so willing to meet, give advice, share their experiences etc. Really refreshing, and sooooo helpful as an early career individual (+ for visibility!) Heaps of fun social events! Both on an organisational, business unit, and team scale. Also some events independently organised by my team which was nice. This allowed me to develop some really strong relationships which in turn enhanced my working relationships with people. Also let me network with new/diff ppl in completely different functions! Overall, great experience with culture and people. I still keep in touch with my colleagues.

Diverse team of all different kinds of people. Some aspects of social cliches though.

Was given an intense but very interesting project to work on. Always tasks to keep me busy.

All higher managers are focused on merit, which is very nice. All competent as well.

Free coffee, snacks, fruit, and drinks - yum! Office is great. You can google it online. Very tech company coded - there's a games room, photobooth, etc. It's dog-friendly! Dress-code is chill. Again, it's a tech company! I'd say business/smart casual, though people would wear jeans, shorts, etc.

Learn your leadership principles, and use the STARR method! They don't tell you that for fun. Build rapport with your interviewer. Hiring managers weigh most heavily on whether candidates would be a good cultural fit. All of your interviewers will come together at the end to calibrate and determine whether they were inclined/not inclined on you. So don't reuse the same examples across interviews! Variation is important.

This pay rate was quite high relative to other internships.

There were structured training sessions as part of the internship, on average maybe 1-2 a week (more at the beginning). Really helped with exposure in different parts of the business and role, especially considering the internship was more project based. My manager, mentor, buddy, and broader team were super great with coaching me and either helping me or directing me to someone who could help with any questions/requests I had. Performance feedback was delivered in ongoing 1:1s with stakeholders, a formal mid-point review, project presentation, and final review.

Amazon introduced RTO in 2025, so there is an expectation you are in office 5 days a week. However, there is understanding for WFH days due to appointments, illness, train strikes etc. There is some flexibility with hours, e.g. coming late and staying late, OR just going home early if you have no work. If you're transparent with your manager, I have found for the most part they are quite chill but I think it would be on a case-by-case basis

There are recycling units in every kitchen, and free biodegradable sanitary products in the female bathrooms.