They often initiate contact. I respond. And they don't respond back.
Even worse is when they do. Several times in the past year I had a back and forth with some recruiters, did an online and/or phone screen, and they said "OK, you've passed all the screens, and we're ready to schedule you for an on-site. You'll get a call to schedule it." I never get the call and the recruiter stops responding.
Then the next recruiter that talks to me asks "I see you were ready for an on site but didn't have any. What happened - did you withdraw?"
My response has always been "You tell me. The recruiter stopped responding to me."
This is always followed by profuse apologies. And then it happens again.
A friend of mine suggested I tell them "Can you ask the previous recruiter, and once you find out put it on my account?"
A few days ago I got this message from an Amazon recruiter (his first contact with me). After the initial introductions on who he is, etc:
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Good Afternoon, I hope that this message finds you well and with an opened mind. My name is * and I am a Recruiter with Amazon’s Worldwide Operations – HR team We have an immediate need for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) with Amazon. Your background looks like a really good fit. I'd like to see if the role aligns with your next career move.
We currently have multiple locations; Seattle, Washington and REMOTE, we will provide relocation assistance if applicable.
I have included a link to the full job descriptions to give you more details on the team and position.
If you would like to move forward in the interview process, please provide answers to the intake questions down below and I’ll follow up with you on next steps. If you have an up to date resume please send that as well.
(1) The best phone number AND email to contact you?
(2) Do you have any pending offers at this time and, if yes, what the deadlines are?
(3) Do you need, or will you need in the future, any immigration-related support or sponsorship from Amazon in order to begin or continue employment with Amazon and when does your sponsorship expire?
(4) Are you open to relocation?
(5) What are your salary requirements(range)?
(6)What coding language do you have the most experience with?
(7)Do you have experience using Cloud Platforms(AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud)?
(8) Have you recently been in contact with someone at Amazon?
(9) Is most of your experience Back-End or Front-end and what Percentage?
(10) Do you have experience with System Design and how many years?
(11) Scale 1-5(5 being the best) how comfortable are you with Data Structures and Algorithms
For some reason if you are happily employed but know of someone with a similar skill set please send them my information.
Thanks
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So let me guess: I'll spend the time responding to all his questions, and never hear from him again. Sorry, not bothering.
They often initiate contact. I respond. And they don't respond back.
Even worse is when they do. Several times in the past year I had a back and forth with some recruiters, did an online and/or phone screen, and they said "OK, you've passed all the screens, and we're ready to schedule you for an on-site. You'll get a call to schedule it." I never get the call and the recruiter stops responding.
Then the next recruiter that talks to me asks "I see you were ready for an on site but didn't have any. What happened - did you withdraw?"
My response has always been "You tell me. The recruiter stopped responding to me."
This is always followed by profuse apologies. And then it happens again.
A friend of mine suggested I tell them "Can you ask the previous recruiter, and once you find out put it on my account?"
A few days ago I got this message from an Amazon recruiter (his first contact with me). After the initial introductions on who he is, etc:
---------------
Good Afternoon, I hope that this message finds you well and with an opened mind. My name is * and I am a Recruiter with Amazon’s Worldwide Operations – HR team We have an immediate need for a Software Development Engineer (SDE) with Amazon. Your background looks like a really good fit. I'd like to see if the role aligns with your next career move.
We currently have multiple locations; Seattle, Washington and REMOTE, we will provide relocation assistance if applicable.
I have included a link to the full job descriptions to give you more details on the team and position.
If you would like to move forward in the interview process, please provide answers to the intake questions down below and I’ll follow up with you on next steps. If you have an up to date resume please send that as well.
(1) The best phone number AND email to contact you?
(2) Do you have any pending offers at this time and, if yes, what the deadlines are?
(3) Do you need, or will you need in the future, any immigration-related support or sponsorship from Amazon in order to begin or continue employment with Amazon and when does your sponsorship expire?
(4) Are you open to relocation?
(5) What are your salary requirements(range)?
(6)What coding language do you have the most experience with?
(7)Do you have experience using Cloud Platforms(AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud)?
(8) Have you recently been in contact with someone at Amazon?
(9) Is most of your experience Back-End or Front-end and what Percentage?
(10) Do you have experience with System Design and how many years?
(11) Scale 1-5(5 being the best) how comfortable are you with Data Structures and Algorithms
For some reason if you are happily employed but know of someone with a similar skill set please send them my information.
Thanks
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So let me guess: I'll spend the time responding to all his questions, and never hear from him again. Sorry, not bothering.