Good to have on your resume for next future jobs
No work life balance, 60+ hours is the expectation for everyone
Just had a message on linkedin. It's on the professional services group as a contracts manager. A tssci is included but I know that takes for months. Looks like 70-110k depending on bonuses. Does this come around often? 🤔I never thought a Fang company would headhunt like this. 😏
Obligatory "Only Amazon engineers call themselves FAANG". TC for HFT/prop trading seems to be very obscure and engineers at these firms don't advertise it loudly either. I constantly get pinged from headhunters for HFT/prop trading for backend/infra roles. I'm trying to figure out whether making t...Read more
Have call with headhunter later for role at Apple. I just started here at amazon but role still Apple i think is better and will pay more. Should i tell headhunter i just started or no?
Looking for a referral on a headhunter/recruiter that focuses on product tech roles ... It's about time to get the hell outta Dodge (aka Amazon).
I ONLY have this problem with Amazon recruiters. No other company does this. I get 5 or 6 Amazon recruiters messaging me every couple weeks. I reply to each one....and then ghost. My guess is they don't bother looking up that I already interviewed with them 7 or so months ago, and once they do look ...Read more
Has anybody used a headhunter for help with landing interviews with companies beyond the usual suspects (Amazon,MS, Google, FBetc). Wondering what your experience was and any references that you might have.
How is Citadel securities WLB for Front Office? Especially for SRE/Devops role. A headhunter reached out to me. Here is what I am looking for. 1. Wlb in citsec sre front office. 2. Pip rate 3. Bonus gurantee for meets expectations. Current TC: meah $191 (got lowballed 10 years ago) Yoe: 21 #faan...Read more
So I am told that feedback is positive for L6 Sr. Prog Mgr (Non Tech). It has been sometime now and recruiter not answering my calls/mails. Pinged a few Amzn recruiters for a matching role on linkedin, no response. Got contacted by a headhunter for a similar role now. What should I do? Should I wa...Read more
Looking for ideas to expand reach outs, openings and interview conversion. This is what I have done so far: 1. I am already reached out to connection (mostly hiring freeze is affecting this stream) 2. Applying online 3. Reaching out to recruiters via LinkedIn Appreciate if there are other ideas I...Read more
Looking to pivot into a pgm/ops role in big tech or consulting. MEng background at Shell, 1.5yoe. Are there headhunters that would reach out to companies on your behalf? Finding the application process tedious and time consuming, and not very effective considering the sheer amount of roles availabl...Read more
I'm looking to apply for MLE positions outside. I know several places are reduced hiring or frozen, so I want to compile a list. Myself: Applied Scientist, PhD+1.7 yoe, TC 200k All my referrals were from ex colleagues/classmates Microsoft -- heard some orgs frozen or reduced hiring Amazon -- onsit...Read more
I have 1.5yoe as an SDET before switching over to SDE at amazon 2 years ago. Most of the time when companies and people look at my resume, they would say that I have 3.5yoe as an SDE and interview me accordingly. Last week I had a call with this headhunter who mentioned that I only have 2yoe as an ...Read more
I have been in Amazon for a long time now and I have been trying to move out. However I am not getting any opportunities to interview. I did have two. I did not get an offer from a late stage startup and the other i got an offer that was not attractive enough to move. I am an L8 in Amazon and while ...Read more
Hi Blind, I am a SDE 1 at Amazon who happens to be close friends with a higher level employee who has been loyal to a major company for several years and has managed to make it to a high managerial rank (think VP level). I have been encouraging my friend to jump ship for higher TC, but it doesn’t f...Read more
Currently 500k SDE doing CRUD work. I got a unique offer 600k from a prominent Asian tech giant. The role is like an "AI headhunter + strategic investment". Basically, they want me to: 1. Network and headhunt top AI talents in the US and connect them to the Asian company's executive team, for col...Read more
Ever since I moved to USA I see a different, more aggressive and unpleasant approach taken by headhunters and recruiters. Working on an L1 Visa, job market is beyond my reach and that is explicitly stated on my LinkedIn profile page. Even the very first line underneath my name states: "Do not conta...Read more
YOE 4.5. Both at 200 person sized midwest tech companies, no names in generally, especially the tech industry. Gotten phone interview with google, onsite with fb, onsite with amazon, onsite with yelp. All rejected. Onsite still up for microsoft. Now I know I have improved at LC question. And prolly...Read more