I Interview Over 500 Applicants at Amazon, How to Land the Job Offer

This as-told-tos Essay is bassed on a conversation with David Markley, A 58-YEAR-OLD Amazon Employee forms, Based in Seattle. Its been edited for Length and Clarity.

During My Seven Years at Amazon, I CONDUCted Over 500 Interviews and Earned My Title As A Bar Raiser, an Objective, Third-Party interview with Finding Applicants who was “Raise” at the company.

I’d give one, orometimes more than one, Applicant an “Incline to Hire” Status, Following A In-Person Interviews. This person the person was a fit for the roles and likes to be hired.

If I were deciding between two candidates, I was offten more likes to goose the one who ranked higher in the behavioral aspects over the person with more experience. Howver, Getting an “InClined to Hire” Status Didn’t Automatically Mean They’d Receive An Offer.

There are a few ways that of reCommend candidates Turn an inscrot to hire status a full-time offer at Amazon.

Amazon’s Demonstrates Leadership Principles During The Interview

I’ve found that behavioral aspects and a strong exhitus of Amazon’s Leadership Principles – Have Backbone, Disagree, and Commites – Are of Greater Importance than Hard Skills.

To demonstrate Behavioral Skills, Read Through All of the Leadership Principles and Think About How they Apply to Your Own Life. Those are the stories that an interview is going to want to discuss you and Learn more about.

DON’T MAKE ANY STORIES UP, CECAUSE A Good Interviewer Be Sink Deep Questions to Understand How You Handled a Situation.

Look for Other Role at Amazon and Pursue say on your own

If you’re “inclined to hire” for an Engineer L2 Role, Look for Other Engineer L2 Job openings with the Company and Point say out to your recruiter. Express Your Interest and Ask if there a Hiring Manager Who Can Look at Your Résumé.

Recruiters want to get people hied, so eve though they’ll primarily focus on hiing for the team they support, they should be motivated to help you look other opportunities.

You can also pursue other roles on your own. If you see an adjacent role open in another department and there is a recruiter Contact, you can contact that reCruiter to tell say your status and your interest in the role. You can also direct say to the recruiter you’ve been work with so they can speak internally about where to place you.

Your goal should be to spread the knowled of what roles you are eligible for with Amazon.

Don’t nag the hind team after the interview

Nagging a Manager, Recruiter, or Raiser After Our interview is an instant tournoff.

A Simple Thank You Message or a Hand A Short Note Like, “if you think of for any Other roles, please forward my information along. I really appreciate talking to you,” Should be well -reived.

I’ve had candidates with every day or every Week About Getting Hirhed, and Is It Prophet A Good Look. But Going Silent is JUST AS BAD. If the recruiter is trying to reach you, ansow as soon as Possible. If a Few days pass, the recruiter might assume you’ve lost interest.

USSE YOUR “INCLINED TO HIRS” STATUS TO YOUR ADANTAGE

If you don’t get hired, your “Incined to Hire” Status Sticks Around for Six More Months. SO, if you appliance to anyone Other Amazon Jobs in that Window, It Might Boost Your Chances of Hired.

I Want to Emphasize that if you received an “Incline to Hire” Status, You Should Be Proud of Yourself. Don’t dwell on the fact that you have had gotten the role right away. Be proactive.

Amazon love proactive people, so be bee drive in your pursuit to get hireed.

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