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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by rejectedandsad on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:57PM (#27613826)
> If you were able to pass Amazon you could have passed Facebook or Apple

I don't know, I failed Facebook several times and never got an interview at Apple. Getting an interview at most companies isn't that hard, but with Amazon on the resume I'm out of the game for companies like top trading firms and Stripe, Airbnb etc. I think I simply don't have the intelligence to do so. I'm sure some people have the ability to get offers after doing thousands of leetcode problems but I've never met them - everyone I know that's successful has only done a handful and passed their interviews without any trouble.

I've put in the work, but I've gotten nothing out of it. It's hard not to be discouraged by that.

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Re:Internal Amazon documents shed light on how company press... by decafninja on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:03AM (#27617596)
Curious as to why you think having Amazon on your resume is a dealbreaker to some companies? Is this something that is known?

Amazon is probably a better name to have on your resume than the vast majority of other companies out there. I'd imagine you'd instantly be considered higher at first glance than someone with say, JP Morgan, or Lockheed Martin, or IBM, or any number of no-name startups on their resume.

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