I interviewed at Amazon few days ago and had a really good experience interacting with the interviewers. Last week the HR called to inform me that I did not get an offer and advised me to apply again in 6 months. She did not give me any other feedback. My contact at Amazon says that the status of my resume is now “recycled”. What does the status mean?
Recycled means to let them try again in 6 months. You were a fit for the role but just didn’t meet the bar. Alternative is that you didn’t seem to come anywhere near close to that roles bar and don’t bother for 1 - 2 years.
Thanks for the response! Since the HR asked me to apply after 6 months, I am going to assume the former. :)
Yes, it means you can try again. If you feel like you missed out on any areas, you have some time to work on those skills: code or LP. I know a number of people where it took multiple tries.
Not sure about what these folks have heard, but I've heard it means that the team liked you well enough that they'd hire you at Amazon but just not for this role. The recruiter should shop you around to other roles that are a good fit, and you should supercede other candidates that haven't interviewed, even referred ones, because a hiring loop has already liked what they saw from you. I've heard that recycling is very common, a large portion of eventual hires were recycled. You can help the recruiter with they by sending other job ID numbers to them so they can share your resume with that hiring team. If you get hired, they get half credit for the fill, so their is incentive for them to do it.
Thanks for replying. The recruiter asked me to look for positions and apply to those in 6 months. I have received mixed responses about the “recycled” tag. But I’ll give it another shot in 6 months. I am very eager to work for Amazon. I’ll work on the areas that I think I could have performed better at.
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