I have interviewed multiple times at Amazon and always gotten a level 5 offer. This is in the supply chain org. I have a masters in engineering with 5 yrs in the factory and 2 years in supply chain. Will doing a MBA probably part time get a level 6 offer?
Not likely. Levels are based on experience and interview performance, not a worthless piece of paper...
Fresh MBAs even those almost no work experience start at L6 at Amazon
If you know that, why the fuck are you asking? I can tell you from my experience as hiring manager at Intel, Microsoft, few startups, VMW and my Amazon interview (got offer at M5) that MBA won't change the level offered
I want to start at a better grade, have done the mistake at Intel of starting at a lower grade. Also I believe the MBA might help accelerate the growth. What do you think?
You said you rejected offers from Amazon many times. Did u wait for 6 months before reapplying to Amazon after rejecting the offer?
Yes I did, there has been a gap of more than a year between the offers
Ok. Thanks and good luck
It might be easier to join Amazon and get promoted within a year or two.
Best approach would be to get hired to other companies, one level up and change every 18-24 months...
Better to kill it as an L5, then get PIP as an L6. I’ve seen many MBA get let go who started at L6.
Why would you want to spend 2 yrs doing a part time mba and re-interviewing with no guarantee you would get hired again at L6.? You can join the company and get promoted internally. You have wasted an year already by rejecting earlier offer.
they are making it harder to get promoted from 5-6 now, in past 2 years you could see an average L5 promoted to L6 within 2 years. now it's very unlikely and it will get harder. if you can graduate from top MBA then hired as L6, that's more money than getting promoted to L6. plus MBA from top schools will benefit you in the future. however those schools cost 100K a year :()
Why not sign on as an L5 and get promoted to an L6?