Is everyone having trouble hiring SDEs?

Amazon
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Mar 10 14 Comments

I know Amazon is having serious hiring troubles, but Amazon has a terrible reputation, are other companies that have better reputations Also struggling to hire?

Not a lot of people have Amazon as their dream, but a lot of people dream of working at Netflix or Google.

Are the more prestigious companies struggling?

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  • I’ll be honest, Amazon has been harder for me interview-wise than Google, so it’s possible that there is too much variance in the interview process if they are still having trouble hiring.

    I’ve made it to on-sites at Google and Uber, so hopefully those go well. I interviewed in the past at Google and had 4 “Hires” and 1 “No” (or whatever it is), so I’m optimistic.

    With Amazon otoh, I’ve interviewed 2 times and can’t get past the phone screen, even if I solve their LC hard problem. I have extensive leadership experience and would be very surprised if I was getting rejected based on LP questions.

    Idk, that’s just my experience. Google’s interviewers have consistently been much more professional than Amazon’s, which have always been super jaded late-30s Indian guys.
    Mar 10 0
  • MS - word is that the pay is less and people interviewing at ms also interview at other tech companies. I see only sde1s getting hired and senior positions not getting filled.
    Mar 10 2
    • Amazon
      evsjsj

      Go to company page Amazon

      evsjsj
      Yup they tried to downlevel me and lowball me. They upleveled me and still lowballed me relative to what I currently get paid. Easy rejection for me
      Mar 10
    • New
      EOcW23

      New

      EOcW23
      They came in $150k less than Netflix for me.
      Mar 10
  • Referring for a crypto company. We want to hire 100+ devs
    Mar 10 2
  • Netflix / Eng
    DontLookUp

    Go to company page Netflix Eng

    DontLookUp
    I heard we have some positions that only have a few spots and thousands of applicants...

    You are serious at paying top of market and people show up. It's even easier when the preipo frenzies are down a bit in this market.
    Mar 10 1
  • Meta
    lewishammy

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    lewishammy
    Is Amazon still have hiring troubles with their ridiculous pay bands now??
    Mar 10 1
    • Dropbox
      Jyyn36

      Go to company page Dropbox

      BIO
      tc/gtfo
      Jyyn36
      Pay band means little if you can’t generate near- top of band or better offer. Also I hear Amazon bakes in 15% stock appreciation into the offer calculations which is ridiculous and unsustainable
      Mar 10