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I interviewed at Amazon and was rejected, main reason is that I was totally unprepared(don't even know its 10 principles or something, not to mention the freshm

by ausjke 8y ago

I interviewed at Amazon and was rejected, main reason is that I was totally unprepared(don't even know its 10 principles or something, not to mention the freshman style algorithm stuff preparation). All I want to say is that, after the hiring experience and learned how their R&D was running afterwards a bit, I'm not going to hold its high flying stocks. The hiring process sucks, the bar raiser is a joke.

01100011 8y ago
Of course I'm negative after having been spurned by Amazon and Google, but I worry about the continued success of these companies after seeing their hiring processes. Then again, they only have to be less stupid than their competitors in order to continue being successful. I think one of the weak spots is the recruiting team. I feel like the recruiters, often contractors, get paid based on hiring rates alone. There's nothing disincentivizing them from sending unqualified recruits through the pipeline. In the end, I landed a nice position with a 'tier-2' valley company(not FANG, but close), so I can go back to not giving a shit about the broken hiring process. Hopefully the industry wises up, but I suspect that the big companies will be staffed by people who survived the modern interview process and therefore nothing will change.