I heard amazon has a bar raiser round interview. How much does he affect the result? Is it yes or no from him or hiring manager? Thanks!
I once pissed off the BR by referring to his pet project as Spam. He was visibly pissed in the interview. hahaha.
I had an interview a couple months ago. The hiring manager actually spoke to me a day before the interview and told me that he is looking forward to congratulate me. And told me not to stress at all. But from what I experienced it was the BR that I really did not click with and I guess I was done. Did not get hired! Damit!
Why do you assume the HM is a he?
what the heck is a bar raiser? a third party to keep managers from hiring out of desperation?
can someone please explain wtf you all are going on about. bar raiser?
heh. thanks kipper
I'm a BR. In all honesty, BR interviews are the same difficulty as the rest. We are facilitators of the hiring discussion and go through a formal training and are pretty well calibrated. I have done more that 700 interviews here and I have never ever vetoed a hiring manager. It is true that BR and HM have to agree, regardless of what the other interviewers say: those are just datapoints for the decision. If HM and BR don't agree, it is normally a No Hire decision as BRs cannot force a HM to take anyone for their team. I have been through that a couple times where the HM said no and I ended up finding a different team for the candidate. Btw, dont ask us if we are the BR because we'll say no. It is discouraged to reveal that as it does not affect the candidate at all. In evaluations, there are no 1-10 scores or anything like that. We basically gauge if the candidate is better than the average person already in the job. If you have questions feel free to ask or DM me.
BR here too. Yeah, were usually easy to identify. Don't play to it because all the information comes out in a debrief. Amazon interviews are easy to pass. Learn the leadership principles. Figure out good answers to the obvious questions. Do decent at tech.
I honestly did all of that. Leadership principles - for each had at least 2-3 examples. Spend about 40 hours or so preparing for the interview cause I really wanted to get in. I really thought I did great. I probably was honest with the BR with one of my client experiences. But I thought honesty was rewarded. The reason it was so disappointing for me was because the Hiring manager told me that he was looking forward to hiring me and was very confident that I would pass.
you were a fool for trusting an idiot of a hm. nothing is ever done until it's done.
Another Bar raiser here. The BRs ensure the standards of the hiring process, end to end. While the loop is getting set up they make sure the HM and recruiting set up the right set of interviewers, set and distribute the right competencies to test for, and due diligence is followed throughout. they also ensure candidates have a good experience interviewing at Amazon. BR need not be sr.sde, they could be sdm or Tpm too. in non tech, could be any role. Each BR is nominated, trained, tested and graduated through the BR training program. We do have veto power in the debrief, but that's like the nuclear option, never used. The BR owns and runs the debrief, facilitates the discussion and tries his best to obtain consensus around the room on the hiring decision. He/she owns that we made the right decision for the company. Amazon interviews cannot happen without a BR. also we recommend for how long the candidate should not be re-interviewed. its a high demand, high judgement, add on role at amazon, beyond your day job. and no, we don't get paid more for it. we shouldn't. that will dilute the cadre.
Well said!
BR and hiring mgr has to agree
Is it from a scale of 0-10 or true / false?
My understanding, If BR disagrees then you are done. BR can veto hiring manager