Got contacted by an amazon recruiter saying I would be a good match for their expidited interview process based on my linked in profile. She said it was for the 7th and 8th of september for their MAKO team in denver. Anyone have insight into this exedited process or the MAKO team? I contacted her for more information but would love some insight from current or previous amazon employees. Also, where is the Denver office located? I work downtown but the only one I can find in search is north in Broomfield.
Sounds like a hiring blitz, where they're bringing in multiple (4-8) candidates/day each of the two days, to go through one set of (eventually exhausted) interviewers.
Mako team has a very high turnover just so you know. I think they are hiring rapidly to replace people who are leaving the team haha
this is good to know. my current position is pretty solid so I'd only move if the opportunity was good and turnover wasn't likely.
What's the cause of this high turnover, is it because they're getting fired or are they just moving on?
Mgmt issues in mako
it's been two days since I contacted back and nothing. great start amazon ha
They generally try to get back to you within 72hrs. And hiring blitzs can add an extra element of stress for the recruiters, as they're packing much more into a smaller timeframe. Not making excuses, just offering insight...
good to know. my small startup takes weeks to get back sometimes and I tell them all the time if I had to take weeks to wait there would already be another offer accepted.
Expedited interview is just like the normal interview process but there is one less onsite interview, so for the onsite it is basically four consecutive 45 mins rounds 2 of them are coding and the other 2 are system design. all four of them starts with behavioral questions before moving on to the technical stuff. However usually in expedited interviews, they tend to bring in 3 or 4 developers each of them is interviewed separately but the interviews will be held simultaneously.
people regularly do 2 onsites...? I've never heard of that except in really rare cases.
you mean regularly you bring in engineers twice?