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I wouldn't work for Amazon if my life depended on it. I interviewed once with A2Z. Phone coding interview, working on their music service. I was just coming fro
by iamleppert 10y ago
I wouldn't work for Amazon if my life depended on it. I interviewed once with A2Z. Phone coding interview, working on their music service. I was just coming from a major company in the space where I did the exact thing they needed and they recruited me based upon the strength of the product I developed. I answered and passed all questions without a sign of issue. I was expecting the new step was an in-person interview, and in fact was told that. Although I was local, I got called again to do another phone screen, more coding. I told the recruiter that I already had other offers and would be more than happy to do coding on site, so I could streamline the process.
She didn't like this and put up a hard-lined attitude about it, insisted I needed more basic questions. Totally treated me like less than a person and didn't care that I had other offers that would expire. Acted like it was a gift that Amazon was interested in me at all.
Who seriously puts up with this crap? One can only imagine how working for a company must be if this is how their hiring process works. I hung up the phone and last I checked I wouldn't want to be working at the music thing anyway.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoIt's a really tough job market for a lot of people. I would guess as a total ballpark that 80% of people who apply to Amazon would absolutely jump through hoops all day just to get an interview. They're almost always not going to be a good fit, but if you deal applicants all day and they're overwhelmingly kissing your ass for the time of day, it's easy to see why someone with narcissistic traits would get huffy when someone doesn't follow their every whim.