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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:30PM (#13076702)
Is it worth any applicant's time to participate in a silly dehumanizing screening process that boils you down to a number before ever speaking to someone?
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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by Godel_unicode on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:54AM (#13077942)
> dehumanizing screening process that boils you down to a number

That's a very long-winded way to describe a prescreening questionnaire. Are you saying that you think no one should ever take a job if there's a prescreening process?

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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by nommm-nommm on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:03AM (#13079758)
Especially since a resume and cover letter are also part of the prescreening process. And are also kinda semi dehumanizing and silly.
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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by relics443 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:34PM (#13076713)
If they need a job? Probably.
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Re:Software Engineering Internship Amazon Interview Experience by Tempest1981 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:47AM (#13077682)
It must work (to some extent), for Amazon to use it. And like mailing spam, the cost to them is near zero.
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