Recruiter from Amazon advertising reached out, I'm interested, but I'm still prepping for interviews. Should I just say let's keep in touch or be more specific and say I'm interested but too busy to interview right now? Or go with initial phone call (is it technical?) And schedule next phone screen in December? I feel ill be ready in December, want to get an offer before a long trip next April.
Finish the recruiter screen. Be frank with your timeline and expectations. They’re also looking for the same info: do you want to and when can you interview.
Thanks. So recruiter screen is just about what I'm looking for basically? Anything else to prep?
Recruiter will be like "do you want an engineering position" and you will say "yes I want an engineering position" and then she will say "like in aws?" and you'll say "actually I'm looking for something more front end" and she will be like "okay okay can u send me your resume" and you will say "actually it's not ready quite yet, let's set up a call in Jan to sync up then thank u goodbye."
Yes, that’s about it. Prep needed: you should be able to talk about what you’re currently doing and what you’d like to do in a way its easy for the recruiter to understand. Don’t go into the details, but provide sufficient info so that they can decide on your fit for roles. Edit: other stuff is usually company/org profile, level, work visa (and TC for the role - usually applies to FANG to non-FANG/startups. Don’t waste time by interviewing for a role that doesn’t pay what you want).
Just say you're looking to join a new company in N months. You can set up a recruiter call today but be firm that you cant, for personal reasons, set up a phone screen until next spring or whatever.
Cool thanks
Recruiter calls are the most useless thing in this planet
Just tell them you haven't been doing leetcode and need more time. They know the game and don't care. You can also just ignore it and another recruiter from amazon will ping you shortly
Since you are now in Amazon recruiters radar, they’ll spam you every week. You don’t even have to reply. I bet that when you are ready, there will be multiple recruiters spamming your inbox AT SAME TIME.
You can say you are busy with current project launches and ask them to ping you back in April. Totally legit.