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As an engineer on an Amazon sw team, I will comment that teams frequently have spots they struggle to fill (ie my team has 3 open spots on a 7 person team, and

As an engineer on an Amazon sw team, I will comment that teams frequently have spots they struggle to fill (ie my team has 3 open spots on a 7 person team, and this isn’t uncommon). Many many candidates will fail the interviews, so we end up with perpetually open positions listed online. The idea that the print ad is a legal requirement makes sense, given that I wouldn’t expect to find candidates by printing the positions in the paper. American candidates have great advantages like speaking English fluently, and it’s great that there are so many initiatives to teach programming skills, but supply isn’t meeting demand.

JustSomeNobody 7y ago
Sounds like the interview process is what is really failing.
mrep 7y ago
> I will comment that teams frequently have spots they struggle to fill (ie my team has 3 open spots on a 7 person team, and this isn’t uncommon). Those perpetually open spots should tell you that you aren't paying enough. Just look at Amazon's pay compared to competitors like Google and Facebook [0] who pay more and it should be obvious why you are struggling to hire people. Start offering higher wages than them and watch as all those positions magically fill up. [0]: https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Google/Facebook https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Google/Facebook