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Yeah, the "bar raiser" is a concept that you will hear about when you interview there. Mine was the last guy after a very long day (sixth interviewer), who act
by j_col 15y ago
Yeah, the "bar raiser" is a concept that you will hear about when you interview there. Mine was the last guy after a very long day (sixth interviewer), who actually introduced himself to me as "the local bar raiser", and then got me up writing algorithms on a whiteboard for an hour. Like I said earlier, I can do that stuff but I'm no network guy.
> How many people do you think want to interview with Amazon again after going thru a 6 hour process like that?
Not me that’s for sure, and I thought it was very arrogant of them at the time to suggest that I go off and getting some network training on my own time and expense and apply again next year. Like I’ve nothing better to do.
- nirvana 15y agoThere's a massive amount of arrogance to this type of hiring. I think, however, that it reflects the companies opinion of itself and its employees. Someone with significant skills is going to have significant self esteem. Are they going to want to put up with being treated that way? In my day, the "bar raiser" didn't announce it, and so you never knew, if you even knew they did that. Announcing it seems profoundly stupid. And arrogant.