Amazon verbal offer rescind possibility

Sprint / Eng
EvVy21

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EvVy21
Jul 4, 2019 24 Comments

I was interviewed for a SDE role a couple of weeks ago. My recruiter gave a verbal offer and asked me to talk to the hiring manager before they extend me the offer. The manager talked about the team culture and started asking LP questions and technical questions which I assume is a standard process. What's weird was, he was expecting me to tell him the code verbally over the call. He didn't seem to be interested or satisfied with my answers. Can the hiring manager rescind the offer? Is there a possibility that I may not get the offer ? The recruiter who was very active is not responding to my emails.

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  • VMware
    offshore

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    offshore
    Damn some of the hiring manager have unrealistic expectations, code verbally over phone.
    Jul 4, 2019 0
  • Apple / Eng
    neverSt0p

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    Just an another engineer. Hoping to find a few friends here :)
     neverSt0p
    I don't think you will get the offer. If you get it it's good for you. Just move on to the next.
    Jul 4, 2019 3
    • Apple / Eng
      fooooo

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      Just an another engineer. Hoping to find a few friends here :)
       fooooo
      I didn't mean to discourage you. My comment was to motivate you to move on than lingering around something that may happen. I recommend you to follow up with the recruiter until you get final their response but I want you to focus on other companies in parallel too!
      Jul 4, 2019
    • Sprint / Eng
      EvVy21

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      EvVy21
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      I think it came out wrong. I appreciate your advice . Thank you is what I meant. Yes. I am also interviewing for other companies. Thank you 😀
      Jul 4, 2019
  • Microsoft / Eng
    cholical

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     cholical
    Was the hiring manager not of the team you interviewed for? After my interview and they gave a verbal offer, I asked for more team options and had conversations with a few managers some of which asked me a lot of questions.

    Also Amazon doesn't seem to like giving written offers until you say you're going to accept.
    Jul 4, 2019 6
    • Sprint / Eng
      EvVy21

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      EvVy21
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      He called to tell me that I got the offer. But didn’t talk about salary expectations.
      Jul 4, 2019
    • Amazon
      pathri

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      pathri
      Sometimes recruiters are very pushy on the managers to take on candidates who barely passed the interview. The manager might be looking for a strong candidate and recruiters would tell the managers you should take the candidate since the loop already approved. There were couple of folks who landed on my team like that and oh wow the pain of moving them out ...
      Jul 5, 2019

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  • JUUL
    sxNb74

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    sxNb74
    He’s probably interviewing others because the hiring manager has cast doubt. Unlikely to get an offer
    Jul 4, 2019 2
    • Sprint / Eng
      EvVy21

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      EvVy21
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      Is this common? Does it totally depend on the HM because of a doubt over 5 other interviewers who interviewed me ?
      Jul 4, 2019
    • JUUL
      sxNb74

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      sxNb74
      Yep, ultimately the hiring manager is the final say. They’re not hiring someone unless that HM decides he/she wants you. Sounds like the HM has doubts about your fit enough to want to keep looking. Will end one of 2 ways - if they don’t find someone else better, the recruiter is going to reach out to you and say, hey - sorry, it’s a holiday week and everyone has been off, here’s the offer. Or they’ll get back next week and say that the hiring manager had decided not to proceed.
      Jul 4, 2019