How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon

Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by majormajor on Sunday April 30, 2017 @07:51PM (#14234599)

Meanwhile, a bunch of non-Google companies think that this must be the right way to do it, so they copy it, and teaching people how to game the system like in the original article give them no reason not to, it just acclimates everyone to playing by stupid rules.

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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by austincheney on Sunday April 30, 2017 @08:00PM (#14234631)

Then call them out on it during the interview.

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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by majormajor on Sunday April 30, 2017 @11:34PM (#14235423)

Heck, I've walked away from an onsite mid-loop because I didn't like the process and it was stretching out and I had a flight to catch, but that doesn't mean I want things to be a "only the don't-give-a-fuck survive."

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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by arvinsim on Sunday April 30, 2017 @09:39PM (#14234967)

Seriously? Looks like a quick way to get rejected, or at least be regarded negatively.

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Re:How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon by austincheney on Sunday April 30, 2017 @10:06PM (#14235073)

If you are a afraid of asking valid questions for fear that you will be rejected god help you. It doesn't hurt to simply ask a question.

Now I know there are a lot of weak and timid personalities in the world of development, but once you put that blood into the water usually it doesn't take the sharks long to swarm on it. I have never walked away from an interview feeling dejected for asking the interviewer reasonable questions or attempting to qualify their assertions.

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