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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by snakedoctor on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:08PM (#26828152)
Thanks, dude. Yeah I was hesitant if I should've accepted the CS offer. I was planning to transfer internally to a SecEng/Analyst/SDE 1 role. It might've been possible. I tried applying internally, but my applications would just turn in to no longer considered after a while. ytcracker works at Amazon.

I sent you an email to take you up on your mock interview offer.

Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by ALittleLight on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:50PM (#26828836)
At Amazon internal transfers don't work by clicking the "Apply" button. You reach out to the hiring manager first and have a coffee together, then if that goes well they setup the internal loop, if that goes well the hiring manager tells you to apply and you get the job. You don't apply until after you have it.
Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by bawolff on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:27PM (#26828689)
If you need the money you should probably take any job you could get. Customer support is not exactly a natural stepping stone, but its extremely hard to advance your career if you don't have enough money to survive.