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- Amazon rejects via email or phone after on-site ? I recently interviewed with Alexa team for technical program manager role. Recruiters emailed for asking time to talk. Is this an reject or accept? Thank you in advance!
- vote How often do you use Alexa? I interact with 3 smart assistants on a day-to-day basis - Google on my phone (search, weather, time, send a message, place a call, etc), Cortana on my work laptop (it's integrated well into office products and email), and Alexa Echo, which sits pretty on a counter in my living room. For all the hyp
- What's wrong with Amazon recruiters? Cringiest emails/messages are always from them. When I get a message it's always one or more of the following: - cringe Amazon-related quotes (like "Hey Alexa, should I send my resume to Amazon?") - misspelled words (I once got an email where the subject was misspelled as "Opportunity as softare en
- Amazon "application received" but I never applied? some Alexa recruiter said they received my application and are going forward with a phone interview. uhm I never applied??? email def sounds more like gaslighting, recruiter wants me to fill out the job posting "again" and submit some questionnaire that asks to fill out basic info like name & email
- Why Amazon's recruiters sound so desperate in the email Amazon's recruiters spam my LI inbox and email folder almost twice a week now, even I am not searching for a job and it is turned off at LI. And their email titles are hilarious, like 'Alexa give me developer', 'let's chat'! Also, some of them mention that they can send the OA right away! Another sa
- Amazon Interview for different organizations Thinking about interviewing with Amazon. My question is which organizations are relatively better with respect to work culture. Also, is interview process any more difficult or easier in a specific organization. I have recruiter emails from Alexa, Retail, Advertising, AWS. Which one would be better
- Hiring SDE2, SDE3 at Amazon Alexa guys, we have massive openings in Alexa, hit me up with 1: a link to your resume(no virus please) 2. your name, email, phone number to reach the positions we are recruiting are backend engineers. make sure your leetcode skill and system design skill is good. min 5 yoe. location: Seattle, Palo Alt
- Rejected after on-site round at Amazon, no feedback given and recruiter says feel free to apply to other jobs at amazon Recently went through an on-site round of amazon Alexa and after that recruiter emailed me that they won’t be moving forward. But didn’t mention about cooling period(6 months) and said that my application would be in system for other hiring managers and recruiters for consideration. Recruiter even m
- Best / Cheesiest SWE Recruiting Emails Please post your favorite email subject lines and company name if it’s relevant. Creativity counts! Here’s a few I’ve seen (from best to 🧀) — 1/ “Alexa, find me a Software Engineer” 2/ “Whatsapp, {firstname}” 3/ “AWS vs Oracle Cloud // LA Hiring Event // Software Engineers Needed” 4/ “You and you
- Amazon Applied Scientist Team Match Hi, got email from recruiter with positive news after virtual on-site for applied scientist role with Alexa teams. But mentioned that I’d have to wait for team matching. How long for team match? Don’t the interviewing teams hire the candidate after giving positive feedback? TC-118k YOE - 3.5 PS-
- vote Can you use another email to re-do an interview? My roommate is working in Cisco...he had an unfortunately aggressive phone interview with an Amazon Alexa SDM on the phone. It sounded like the SDM was yelling at him which is not good. He tried to tell the recruiter about it, but the recruiter took the SDM's side and told him to re-apply in 6 month
- Best team to join at Amazon I got this through email ————- Hi Xxxx, I hope you're having a great day. My name is Xxxx and I am a Technical Recruiter at Amazon! I think your work experience is awesome and I want to learn more. I'm part of The Recruiting Engine team where YOU pick the Engineering team you join. The teams rang
- link Microsoft Offer negotation 2yoe Just got word I've gotten an offer from Microsoft. While I enjoy my job w/ Alexa, I'm willing to jump ship if they have a role for me without oncall. The thing is, I already have ~260k comp at 2 YOE. The recruiter asked me to email back with salary expectations. Normally I would delay until they pu
- Constant stream of recruiters from Amazon, what's going on? over the last 7 months 10 Amazon recruiters from all different orgs have emailed or sent me a message on Linkedin. I've been polite with all of them and told them that I'm not looking for anything new, but they just keep coming. they do NOT talk at all to each other do different parts of Amazon (Al
- Offer negotiation I was offered L6 at Alexa. I rejected the initial total compensation offer, so the recruiter escalated the matter to hiring manager. Hiring manager said that they will update the tc and recruiter will loop back to me. It’s been almost a month and recruiter sent an email that he still needs to get so
- Amazon closed my account because of my country of birth I got a long story about how Amazon just put my account on hold and nobody is answering me. Looking for help from the Blind community! Here is what happened: So I'm a permanent resident(AKA. Green card holder) here in the United States. Working and paying taxes for the last 5 years and getting ready
- What’s up with Amazon recruiters? Since 2021 there have been about at least 6 different Amazon recruiters (mainly AWS, some Amazon Alexa, Robotics etc.) reaching out to me about reengaging with them for SDE positions. I interviewed with them early last year but ended up not taking the offer. In 2021 I politely replied to each of t
- Advice needed on Amazon. Is it common to be poached by recruiters of different Amazon business units, I recently gave Amazon's online assessment (cleared it with some test cases failing) after attending an Amazon devices event in Boston , in the meanwhile one of the staffing agencies contacted me with a role for Audible, no
- Should I quit my Amazon job to find a new job? TC 180 I work for Alexa team in Amazon - Bay area. Every single person in my team works till 7.30pm(they come in at 9.30) half my team is present till 9pm on daily basis. i feel extreemly hungry every evening, but company provides no food. People who are taking the day off still reply for emails
- Lyft SWE ML Reject. Amazon Alexa Speech Team offer. I had a lyft onsite for SWE ML last week. Here's how it went. 1. 90 mins round. A Leetcode medium to be coded and submit the code via email immediately to the interviewer at the end of 90 mins. I could code it up, explain the solution and ran the attached test cases. Went well. [I forgot to handle
- The app revolution is here. Users ditching FAANG for Indie Saw this on LinkedIn. Copypasta: -Telegram and Signal, privacy-first comms apps, are #1 and #2 on the app stores currently, knocking out WhatsApp. A global trend. -At one point today, Newsmax and OANN apps (“alternative” news networks) were outpacing CNN in the stores. -Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey fr
- Belief in Amazon’s inventiveness I have been for 5 years at Amazon and I have started to appreciate the inventive culture Amazon has. It started out as a retailer with books, adding new categories almost every year, pivoted to become an enterprise software company with AWS, started the devices business with kindle, entered speech r
- vote PM (India): 6 months, 26 applications, 10 rejections, 4 offers (Poll) Yes, 26 applications :) I was literally on a hunt for the right PM job in the last 6 months. Applied to all the vacancies in good companies that I know. [To be honest, In my mind, Microsoft and Google are the targets but planned to use other companies as interview practice because this is 1st time I
- link Facebook E6 Interview: Part 2. The Phone Interview PART 2. THE PHONE INTERVIEW In the previous post, I talked about how I got into the “race”, which led to the phone screen. [PART 1] https://www.teamblind.com/post/Facebook-E6-Interview-Part-1-How-I-Started-The-Process-6qP0UajY I pushed for my phone screen immediately when I realized that there won
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA
- Google Mock interviewers needed Looking for mock interviewers. You will get paid for your time. DM for details.
- Need referral at Cloudflare, London - willing to pay As the title. #tech #cloudflare
- Fb l4 refreshers. What are they like in 2020? Considering an l4 SWE offer. Can someone help me understand what the typical refreshers.are like now ? I see older threads but would like newer info to help me decide. Tc 250k
- vote Workspace diversity Can you openly be anti-BLM or indifferent to BLM at your company ?
- What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? #equity #startup
- How should I hedge my portfolio from election result next week All my assets are in stocks and I am super anxious. Should I sell them all now which will trigger massive tax for this year or should I wait and a crash may happen if market overeact on election outcome? TC: 115K Investment value: 9.4M
- vote Do you miss hardware Lounge? There use to be good discussion and I loved scrolling through the posts. I think hardware posts have reduced significantly since HW Lounge disappeared #hardware #semiconductor
- Who’s ever thought ‘Coding isn’t for me’ then... Hated it, you’re not good at mathematics, kept meeting needs for coding, picked it back up and actually got good at it? That’s me . But I am looking for like minded folk who actually cleared the hurdle and is now grateful they did . I feel so worthless in my current job and I did a whole data analy
- someone not wearing masks? I see news wanting country wide mask mandates. who is not wearing masks in public (indoor) places still and where? I live in seattle and everyone seems to wear it in grocery stores, restaurants, malls etc.. ps : not a discussion on efficacy of it..
- Iphone 12 pro Is the iphone 12 pro available on apple employee store? Looking to get 15% F&F discount.