I recently attended an onsite interview loop for an L6 SDM position at Amazon Toronto. Post the interview, the Recruiter mentioned that the panel did not think I would be a good fit for an L6 SDM, but recommended me for an L7 Quality Engineering Sr Manager position instead. She was going to refer me to their scouting agent for positions that match. How likely is amazon to follow through on situations such as these where candidate is a fit for amazon, but not for the role?#amazon #l6 to L7
Sounds like your recruiter gave you a false hope. Did she tell you why that your interviewers thought that you don't fit.
Here’s another perspective not from Microsoft and Ironclad - you did well likely on the LPs, you were assessed to have strong potential to be a good “Amazonian”. However , your skills don’t align well with that of a SDM - these would be the core skills for a SDM including design, people management and so on. Based on your resume, the recruiters believe your skills might be more aligned with the new role, hence the suggestion. As for whether they will follow up on it, the incentives are there, you are likely going to do well when you reloop for the new role, I think they will work for you here. But a lot of things are out of their control, for eg role availability.
Agreed and thank you for the perspective. I have heard of Amazon down levelling candidates, never heard of them uplevelling a candidate :). She did mention of a couple of roles that are available but may have relocate to Sunnyvale or Seattle. Do I have to go through the onsite loop again or meet with the hiring manager if there is a match?
Likely a much shorter loop, this time for tech competencies for the new role. Right now there is a belief that your skills better align with the new role, but we will need data to back it up. You might have to be reassessed for LPs at the L7 level as well, so it’s hard to say. Your recruiter would be the best resource here. Happy for you, all the best!
Uplevelling is rare but it does happen
there are 2 things u should never trust 1. that earth is flat 2. whatever crap amazon says
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