Rejected from amazon last week but another amazon recruited emailed me this week

Jan 22 28 Comments

Rejected from amazon last week for a L6 role. I didnt pass the phone screening but the phone screening was all amazon leadership principle questions no coding at all which I didnt expect so of course I failed there. That recruiter told me it could be a mixture of 5 different things like coding, system design, dom knowledge, behavioral and such but turns out to be 10 of behavioral...So I didnt have all my stories prepped thinking I didnt have to worry too much about it till the onsite.

Then this week, another recruiter emailed me saying this "One of my hiring managers expressed interest in your profile for a few of our open positions." which is also a L6 role. I havent responded just yet but I am curious about a few things.

Did I actually fail the phone screening or did the manager that was interviewing me just thought I wouldnt fit the role I applied for? Also, wouldnt my profile go on cooldown for like 6 months? Are there different cooldowns for different orgs within AWS? Did the recruiter make a mistake contacting me? Can a HM bypass the cooldown on your profile?

#amazon #interview #cooldown

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  • Amazon / Eng
    tcpnt

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    tcpnt
    Don't worry, I got an email from recruiters to join Amazon too. I was already employed there and they sent it to my @amazon.com email.
    Jan 22 10
  • Meta
    rnDC56

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    rnDC56
    You are lucky to get rejected. Spend some time in blind reading about AMZ company culture. TLDR - it sucks
    Jan 22 5
    • PayPal
      fun&games

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      fun&games
      @tcpnt I was an overperformer and I still hated Amazon. Not just PIP’d folks complain. Perhaps you are on a good team though but for the majority Amazon is absolutely reckless to your mental health and sanity.
      Jan 23
    • Amazon / Eng
      tcpnt

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      tcpnt
      I've been in 2 teams both are great so far.
      Jan 23
  • Handshake / Eng
    y’allsuck

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    PRE
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    TC || GTFO
    y’allsuck
    Amazon recruiters are stupid af and don’t communicate internally. Similar thing happened to me couple years ago. Although I thought cooldown period is only for failing onsite?
    Jan 22 1
  • Amazon
    l6sde_wa

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    l6sde_wa
    Phone screen means nothing. You need to fail on-site / coding to get into cool down for 6 months.
    Jan 22 1
  • Amazon
    LXJz48

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    LXJz48
    Dude I worked here for 2 years and my LinkedIn was fully up to date and I got an LinkedIn message to consider job opportunities at Amazon, in the same office / location where my profile clearly indicated I’ve been for 2 years.

    Funny thing is I told my boss about it and joked I want to reply and say yeah I’m super interested and he told me to go for it and if I made it to the on-site he’d add me as the lunch buddy LOL

    I got ghosted by the recruiter after my e-mail expressing interest in the role
    Jan 22 0