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No, it feels like Amazon is over-reacting, and unduly distrustful of the bright young people who would wager their careers and reputations to come work for them
by kafkaesq 10y ago
No, it feels like Amazon is over-reacting, and unduly distrustful of the bright young people who would wager their careers and reputations to come work for them.
- pinewurst 10y agoAnd if they do, it'll probably only be for the minimum term anyway given what an awful workplace Amazon is. I live in Seattle and hear Amazon stories all the time. https://sites.google.com/site/thefaceofamazon/ https://sites.google.com/site/thefaceofamazon/
- pszczurko 10y agoYes and no. I think Amazon is trying to make their intern recruitment process more efficient. By eliminating cheating possibilities, people who do not meet certain criteria will not move forward and thus there will be less phone screens to schedule.
- andrewguenther 10y agoCheating in interviews is real and shockingly common. I don't think this is as much of an overreaction as you think it is.
- kafkaesq 10y agoI'm not saying that there's no "benefit" to these restrictions. It's just that (1) they address problems that can be easily solved otherwise, and (2) they come with substantial negative side effects -- like turning away any candidates with a shred of self-respect and/or some notion of their true worth (even as a fresh engineering grad) on the open market.
- andrewguenther 10y ago"turning away any candidates with a shred of self-respect and/or some notion of their true worth" Given that this thread seems to be fairly split on this issue (at least at the time I'm writing this) this seems like a bit unfair to say. Personally, I wouldn't give a shit, and I like to think that I have at least some self-respect.