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My first interview out of college (circa early 2000s) was at Amazon. The advice the recruiter gave me was “be ready to talk about our core principles!” Okay, s

My first interview out of college (circa early 2000s) was at Amazon. The advice the recruiter gave me was “be ready to talk about our core principles!” Okay, simple enough! To this day it is BY FAR the worst experience I’ve ever had in a loop. Everyone was extremely toxic, at least half of the people interviewing me that day were clearly trying to make me feel like shit, and it seemed like the entire goal was to keep me disoriented. About halfway through the day (it was at least 6-7 hours of interviews straight), I should have just left as it was clear I wasn’t going to get an offer. In full disclosure, I was under qualified for the job given that it would have been my first job out of college, but I assume that should have been caught well before a full day loop where some of the folks were just using me as a punching bag.

speeder 5y ago
Amazon is asking me, again, to submit my resume there. My wife wants me to send the resume, because I do need a job, but I already sent several resumes to Amazon (at their own request even!), got interviewed only twice, and both interviews were TERRIBLE. First interview at Amazon, the interviewer actually didn't show up, so they setup another random guy to interview me, and he had no idea what was going on, so it was just a awkward phone talk for 1 hour. Second time Amazon had flown people from all over the world to their Brazillian HQ and asked me and a few other candidates to go there get interviewed. It not only matched your experience, but they managed to out-do themselves in some ways: 1. Some interviewers arrived on the room late, and this caused issues. 2. All of them asked the exact same question, that it was pointless to ask (they wanted me to show my leadership principles in solving conflicts in a past large team, when I told them multiple times I didn't had a past large team in first place). 3. They litearlly forgot me in a room, everyone left the floor, the work day was ending, people left the building, and I was forgotten there for 3 hours, literally, no idea how to even try to leave on my own, until one HR guy showed up, said sorry, gave a bullshit excuse and guided me to the exit of the building.
- devoutsalsa 5y ago
  It’s OK to swallow your pride, take a job at Amazon, and then keep looking for another job.

speeder 5y ago

Amazon is asking me, again, to submit my resume there. My wife wants me to send the resume, because I do need a job, but I already sent several resumes to Amazon (at their own request even!), got interviewed only twice, and both interviews were TERRIBLE. First interview at Amazon, the interviewer actually didn't show up, so they setup another random guy to interview me, and he had no idea what was going on, so it was just a awkward phone talk for 1 hour. Second time Amazon had flown people from all over the world to their Brazillian HQ and asked me and a few other candidates to go there get interviewed. It not only matched your experience, but they managed to out-do themselves in some ways: 1. Some interviewers arrived on the room late, and this caused issues. 2. All of them asked the exact same question, that it was pointless to ask (they wanted me to show my leadership principles in solving conflicts in a past large team, when I told them multiple times I didn't had a past large team in first place). 3. They litearlly forgot me in a room, everyone left the floor, the work day was ending, people left the building, and I was forgotten there for 3 hours, literally, no idea how to even try to leave on my own, until one HR guy showed up, said sorry, gave a bullshit excuse and guided me to the exit of the building.

devoutsalsa 5y ago
It’s OK to swallow your pride, take a job at Amazon, and then keep looking for another job.