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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • An interview is an opportunity for both of you to decide if it’s a good fit. Unfortunately the seeker is usually happy to accept anything. Lying is counter productive. They only want to hear any reason that you picked their workplace. Consider it structured small talk and focus on your energy.

    I generally say: "let’s be realistic, I’m not passionate about what your company does. I am here to trade my time for wages and I have heard good ones about [company name].

    Elaborate by mentioning something from their website to appear engaged and interested. Say you were a perfect fit because you meet all the requirements, talk about a friend who works there, mention using their products or services, or just mention that it’s close to your house and will be a short commute. Ultimately this is a soft question that is just to get a quick idea of each person applying.












  • For managers at Amazon potentially, especially if they are in-office in larger cities with technical backgrounds. They might be quoting the recruiting number with benefits, it’s usually close to 1.5-2x the gross salary. They also might be doing fancy amortizing math just to make it sound better than it actually is. They can also claw back pre-allocated project dollars by prorating 5 year contracts for anything terminated early so they can claim multiple years off a single contract / project. Still likely going to cost them a lot more than that, when they realize it’s not going work out; even if it’s only for managers.