Amazon recruiter ask expected Compensation before scheduling final interview

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Jun 22, 2021 13 Comments

Interviewing for Language engineer role at AWS
The recruiter emailed and ask for expected compensation and pending offers and interviews before scheduling the on-site.

Should I give them a number ? How do I respond to this email??

YOE: 3 yr in SWE
Job located in Santa Clara/Seattle/ NYC

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  • Microsoft / Eng
    HK_47

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    Software engineering and program mgmt
    HK_47
    Look on levels.fyi for the level you WANT, not the one you are interviewing for. They can up
    up/down during the interview process.

    The company isn’t starved for money, so they can afford to pay you in that stock.

    I asked for the moon. They offered it.
    Jun 22, 2021 2
    • Amazon
      czAV67

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      czAV67
      What's moon? Mind sharing your level and how much u asked for
      Jun 22, 2021
    • Microsoft / Eng
      HK_47

      Go to company page Microsoft Eng

      BIO
      Software engineering and program mgmt
      HK_47
      Was interviewing as a TPM at Amazon, Prime Benefits.

      I looked on levels.fyi for L6 (principal) pay.

      $160k salary
      $410 stock

      +$300k sign-on bonus (as I would be losing this invested stock if I left Microsoft)

      A while back a friend went to Amazon and told me “I wish I asked for more.”

      The key is to be in a position where you can say no (EX: your current role isn’t all that bad)
      Jun 22, 2021
  • Amazon
    csboi69

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    csboi69
    I interviewed for SDE I about a year ago and wasn’t asked before my onsite but was afterwards. I just kept saying “im hoping for a strong offer” but eventually my recruiter told me she “needed” to know my expected compensation for yada-yada reasons so I just looked up the top of the band TC on levels.fyi and then asked her for that + 20k. When i got my written offer it was near top of the band for my position. Not sure if this helps but I do think it’s a bluff by amazon recruiters imo
    Jun 22, 2021 1
  • I say that I prefer to talk about compensation only after all interviews are cleared. And I believe Amazon cannot make me a bad offer.
    Jun 22, 2021 1
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      098mnb

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      OP
      Yeah I think this is the best method to go
      Jun 22, 2021
  • Amazon / Eng
    pipMeister

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    pipMeister
    What's a language engineer?
    Jun 22, 2021 4
    • Amazon
      vtJz44

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      vtJz44
      AWS has language related services as well. E.g. transcribe
      Jun 22, 2021
    • New
      098mnb

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      OP
      AWS has a library call lex. Allow AWS customers to build their own chatbot
      Jun 22, 2021
  • Amazon
    P 0

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    P 0
    Recruiter wants you to set the expectation.
    Jun 22, 2021 0