So i interviewed couple of weeks ago at Amazon NYC for a data engineer role. 4 out of the 5 interviews went well. The 3rd interviewer was over video conference and seemed pissed at me right off the bat. No intros, dived straight into a case study type of question. I asked some clarifying questions and then started solving it. I tried to engage with him and tried asking some questions to gauge if I was going in the right direction. But got no feedback at all. He barely even spoke for 30mins, just looking into his laptop and typing. Then asked me couple of questions around Amazon’s LP. Again no feedback or follow up questions on those. At the end there was no time left for me to ask him any questions. Its been 8 days since my onsite interview. The recruiter had already informed me a day after the interview that due to some scheduling conflicts and vacations they will not be able to provide feedback until mid next week. My question is should i let the recruiter know about the a**hole interviewer? Could i request another follow up interview with another member of the team? Could this backfire instead? Or just accept my fate, look forward to a reject a move on? FYI, the rude interviewer was not the bar raiser. He is part of the team I am interviewing for. Current TC - $100k Edit: At Amazon, do you need a yes from all interviewers in order to get an offer? For what its worth, the rude interviewer was Indian male. I am a male from Sri Lanka.
FWIW, my meanest ever interviewer ended up giving me an offer and my nicest ever interviewer rejected me. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions.
Let recruiter know your concern and move on. They can try to improve on their part from your feedback.
I haven’t received the interview result yet. If I share feedback could it backfire instead where they think I am retaliating?
Wait for it then decide.
I've encountered this at Amazon. I've also encountered this at Facebook and Google. I think some interviewers prefer it to be interviewee led.
Ok fair point. Although i dont see how thats helpful to anyone.
If you want to work on Amazon or any company, you need to be able to work, manage and overcome all types of people, not everybody will be nice all the time. Learn from that and if you get rejected try again using that expertise.
I understand, thanks for the advice.
Just try to relax and wait for their response. It seems like you handled it professionally. If it makes you feel any better I got into an argument with the HM in my loop... obviously didn't join his team but was given the opportunity to meet other HMs and joined one if their teams.
What was the argument about?
At the moment I actually thought he was the bar raiser and was acting difficult. My 4th interviewer ended up being a Project Manager from Amazon ads org with 17 years exp at Amazon. So i figured she was the bar raiser and not the rude dude. Did you get offer even after the argument with HM?
Lots of crazy cruft responses here. Here’s the deal, if the person was a jerk, they weren’t there as a test, they had information you didn’t. They knew they had zero intent of hiring you. They just found out another person accepted the offer for the same job. The interview was fake. They read your resume and have an extreme biased towards you already (school you went to, school you didn’t go to) and don’t want you on their team. They read an article you wrote or saw a twitter post and think you’re horrible. They are about to quit. They hate their job. You are a threat to them or their job or they want you to fail. People who act like this aren’t trying to help you. If they have influence and power, their decision is obviously “no,” and they will make it so you don’t get an offer. Take it as a lesson. Move on. What I do is walk out. I say “thanks for your time, I’ll see myself out.” I wouldn’t ever give feedback. Why would you? You aren’t getting paid. Feedback helps them. Why would you help them if they let the craziest asshole interview you and make your day a waste and extremely unpleasant? Only help after you get the job.
Thats exactly what my friend(who works at Amazon)said to me. That if the interviewer was rude right from the start, when I gave him no reason to do so, It was most likely because he had already made up his mind to not hire and didnt care about my answers and performance one way or the other.
Probably the most sensible post. This happened to me as well. 3 Strong hire votes, 1 weak hire, 1 rude interviewer guaranteed gave me no-hire, and I ended up not getting an offer.
Its the majority that counts (more power to BR and HM), you should still get the offer with one No, as long as others are convinced.
Thats reassuring. Thanks! 🙂
Let the recruiter know
No you don’t need all Yes to get an offer. He could just be the BR trying you. I wouldn’t mention it to recruiter but you could fill out a post interview survey stating that. About the typing on laptop. That’s what we do to take notes on you. We’re supposed to tell you that we will be typing a lot on the laptop as you’re talking, so I wouldn’t think negatively about that
Thanks!
Just let it be, if you don’t get it you probably don’t want to work on that team anyway.
To be honest, the hiring manager and every other person I spoke with were really cool. I would actually love to work on that team, just maybe avoid this dude as much as possible 😖