I have interviewed at Amazon about 2-3 times so far. The first was in 2017 and twice this year so far. One time at Audible and other at AWS. All the three times, recruiters would just not communicate well, i don't understand what is the issue with their recruiting. Once, the recruiter messed up big time with scheduling and called me at a time that was not decided or listed in my options. We literally decided to chat on a Monday 2pm and he calls me on a Tuesday 4pm. This other time, recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn and asked for my availability. I responded within 3 hours of her inmail and she didnt respond after that. I followed up 3 times every other week but she didnt reply even once. Recently, another Amazon recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn. I provided my availability, we chat for 15 mins and he sounds super uninterested. He tells me he will get back in 2-3 days but never replied after that. Has anyone else been through bad experiences with Amazon recruiting? Whats up Amazon? Why so unprofessional and rude?
Amazon recruiting is a mess because they mass hire and mass PIP. So their hiring bar is not competitive. Amazon recruiters basically have too much on their plate due to those mass hire and PIP. I don’t get the logic behind this. Was with Amazon before and got sick of this and left.
Tell me more about this mass hire and mass PIP.
I wouldn’t call “them reaching out to you and ignoring you” interviewing
Well i have interviewed until 3rd round in some cases. Just poor poor recruiting all throughout. But now, i just dont feel like replying to the recruiters anymore. They are rude and very unprofessional.
A recruiter is a sales person, if you’re not their target then you’re nothing to them. It’s very agitating at times.
Amazon recruiter is the new Florida man!
I’ve had recruiters at many big companies show their inability to understand times. “Sure, any time between noon and 4 on either Monday or Wednesday works this week!” ‘Okay, will call you at 9am Thursday :)’
Lol
Is this "mass PIP" affecting SDE and SA roles too?
An amazon recruiter once called me at 2am ... it was 10am for her ...
Omg.
I was asked to come onsite on Nov 18 I said I can either come before or after, I'll be out of country during for couple of weeks around that time, recruiter is literally ignoring me 🤷🏻♂️
Amazon recruiting and prolly Apple/Starbucks next have been the least favorite experience. An Amazon recruiter reached out to me once asking if I was interested in 3 roles. Asked me to apply and set up time to speak to two HM, but she never followed thru. Ghosted me for a full wk, and said she was busy and would get on it. Then she fully ghosted me after that. She was the one who reached out to me (hard to believe all 3 roles were filled or closed). On another time (separate interview) I had to schedule an on-site, and the coordinator had 2 wks to send my application package to set up travel and itinerary/interview panel. I was radio silence until the day before I needed to travel to Seattle. I had no idea for the longest time if it was going to happen or if I needed to take pto. Apple/Starbucks is pretty similar but just slow as molasses to respond and you following up means nothing to them.
They should have different tiers of recruiters. For example, if you're from FAANG or other well known tech company, you get a better recruiter. Lower tiers obviously get the recruiters that ghost.
Supply and demand my friend!
I hope you never run a business. You don't build brand equity through bad behaviour/practices. There is no justification, ever, for poor planning and communication.
@LinkedIn - Do you mean to say people queue up for Amazon job ?