Amazon Recruiter - AMA
Previously worked at FB, 2 years. Been at Amazon for 5 years now. Will try my best to answer as much as I can.
What are the instructions regarding a candidate who wants more money? Do you ask for an offer letter? What if they say they donāt get a written offer until they have a verbal one?
I canāt do anything without an offer letter, may vary by recruiter
Why are you still there? Amazon is the shittiest place to work for ever. Also, why do you hire a$$hole managers? They are the one take it down to the drain.
1) stock has grown 5X in 5 years and it depends on your team and tolerance. Most employees enjoy working at Amazon, ~10% do not 2) not up to me
Is it possible to increase an offer if a candidate has no competing offers but is worried about the risk of switching jobs during this pandemic? Or is there anything they can say to incentivize you to increase the offer?
I didnāt join during pandemic, but I wrote a two paragraph letter back explaining my experience and skills required a higher TC (I specified base + shares in letter) and they came back with 2 options higher than original, wasnāt as high as letter but was aggressive enough that showed me they cared.
Yes, avoid sharing your current salary or expectations that are near it. This will severely limit your ability to negotiate. Next you need a reason, that isnāt just āI deserve itā. You can get a free 10K just by asking usually though. Donāt bother negotiating for entry level positions unless you have another offer.
most common reason for rejecting candidate before phone/code screen?
Before the initial screen it is just based on resume and skill mismatch
What does the ATS say when a candidate is rejected in the screening round? If you fail a phone screen, what does interviewer record?
Why do some candidates get a 2 year cool down period? How difficult is it to get an interview call after the cool down?
Not difficult. You might even have recruiters reach out near/after cool down(especially for 6 months, 1 yr cool down). 6 months 1 year, 2 year cool down is based on the gaps/growth areas identified during debrief and decided by panel(BR)
Itās basically arbitrarily handed out during debriefs. Iāve heard people go from 1 year to 2 year because of just one single offhand comment during a debrief. āOh she said that? Ok well weāll put her on 2 year recycle insteadā Itās stupidly capricious
Why did you move from FB to Amazon?
1 thing you like and 1 thing you don't about recruiting for amazon, compared to recruiting for FB?
Like at Amazon having much more funds to spend on ārecruitingā and donāt like having less TC to give compared to FB.
Does Amazon purposely try to have a lot of turnover at the ~2 years of service mark to save on 80% of the stock vesting?
NO
YES