Explains 3/4 recruiter mails a week from Amazon

Veritas
foobarasf

Go to company page Veritas

foobarasf
Sep 1, 2021 16 Comments

comments

Want to comment? LOG IN or SIGN UP
TOP 16 Comments
  • Yup and just think 5-10% of that number get PIPed every yearโ€ฆ. No thanks โœŒ๐Ÿฝ
    And yes, I was a manager at AWS so itโ€™s not some urban myth Iโ€™m repeating
    Sep 1, 2021 7
    • Facebook / Eng
      Iove

      Go to company page Facebook Eng

      Iove
      Again, complaining is easy, finding a real solution is hard. It is not ideal but unless there is a better approach for interviewing at FAANG scale, it will always be like this. Each approach has different false positive & false negative rates and even amzn has been trying with many approaches (panel interview, reverse panel interview, 1 ps, 2 ps, 3 ps, OA....), none seems to work well though, as expected.
      Sep 1, 2021
    • Amazon
      dJAy14

      Go to company page Amazon

      dJAy14
      I agree, I am just saying we emphasize the hiring bar too much, it's mostly irrelevant. Companies have not figured out how to judge engineering talent in a few hours. They are all taking wild guesses. At more senior levels this is less so due to heavier focus on design but at lower levels no one has a clue.
      Sep 1, 2021
  • Amazon
    test user1

    Go to company page Amazon

    test user1
    We were going to hire 60,000 but they decided to pre pip ~10%
    Sep 1, 2021 0
  • Google / Eng
    razzr

    Go to company page Google Eng

    razzr
    People should be really worried about a tech pandemic that's building. Amazon hiring more people means more incompetent idiots become Engineering manager. Those idiots would then leave Amazon and ruin every other tech company.
    Sep 1, 2021 3
    • Google / Eng
      razzr

      Go to company page Google Eng

      razzr
      I am an ex Amazonian myself. I must say reputation has gone to the dumps.

      I am based out of India. Till a few years back Amazon was considered a top employer. Now people from no name companies don't want to interview for Amazon.
      Sep 1, 2021
    • Google
      jhootharam

      Go to company page Google

      jhootharam
      Ex-amazon here too. I love that Amazon's reputation is taking a hit. All of it is much deserved
      Sep 1, 2021
  • Amazon
    h1b_guy

    Go to company page Amazon

    h1b_guy
    I wonder who those 55k lucky people would be to get this amazing opportunity to work at earth's best employer.
    Sep 1, 2021 0
  • NVIDIA
    lotun

    Go to company page NVIDIA

    lotun
    No wonder they have a PIP culture. You can't hire that many quality tech workers on a dime.
    Sep 1, 2021 0