I Belong at Amazon

I have a strong desire to be an Amazonian, but have found it exceptionally hard to get a simple phone interview.

A few years ago, I joined Microsoft immediately after graduation and was ecstatic. At that time, I didn’t get any bites from Amazon. Not taking the opportunity right in front of me for granted, I embraced Microsoft.

I started in a non-engineering role. This role, traditionally, is not a high trajectory role. Despite this, I busted my butt to get to Engineering as a PM. The job wasn’t sexy at all, the content was dry, my team wasn’t necessarily shooting for the stars, but I worked my tail off until I found myself in Redmond, WA - as a feature PM.

A couple years have passed since this point. I’ve learned A LOT. Amongst these learnings:

- I flourish in a high octane environment
- I am willing to work more hours, if it means my work will have actual impact.
- Microsoft is not the top dog in Greater Seattle, when it comes to having a finger on the pulse of the customer.
- I can’t stand 520 :)
- Much, much more

This entire time, in the back of my mind, I’ve had this little voice telling me to make the move to Amazon. I know it’s where I belong. I firmly believe my drive, skill set, and outlook aligns with Amazon, versus other companies.

The problem?

I cannot seem to get a phone interview. Here are some of the things I’ve done:

- Polished resume
- Ensured LinkedIn was updated
- Proactively reached out to Amazon recruiters (via LinkedIn) with an intro and specific job ID in mind
- Applied via Career Site for several positions

I’m being very fair with what I apply to.

I am not one to give up, I’m going to keep on applying. However, if anyone has any advice that could make this process more efficient, it’d be awesome! I’ve seen so many stories on here about making the exact same transition from Microsoft to Amazon, I’d love nothing more than to add mine to that list.