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1st Interview: Rejected ❌ 2nd Interview: Rejected 3rd Interview: 2nd round Rejected 4th Interview: Rejected 5th Interview: Cleared but Rejected due to position filled 6th Interview: Failed 7th Interview: HR said, "We'll let you know" 8th Interview: Got the Offer ✅ This is the journey of an IT candidate. The only thing holding you back is not starting.You're not alone in this journey, everyone goes through this phase. The difference is, if you give up after a few failures, you’ll never see how far you can go. I got my first offer after 5 back-to-back rejections. Begin your journey before it’s too late, and keep pushing forward. Your perseverance will pay off. You just need one YES to change your life. Keep going. 🚀 The key to success is not in avoiding failure but in overcoming it and continuing to try. Follow more for updates Shubham Soni ✌️ 𝐃𝐌 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. ❤️ Connect 1:1 - https://lnkd.in/gRwmU8Bd #javascript #interview #hiring #programming #react #frontend #connections #Interview #Jobs #Career #Growth #reshare Amazon

Data Analysts: Do Not Let Your Perception of Things Derail You What we think we know and what reality is are sometimes worlds apart. Never forget that there is more to what you see. Imagine conducting an analysis with only the raw data—no context, no background, nothing. How well do you think you’d fare? This same caution applies when you're job searching: never rule yourself out prematurely. Mistakes are inevitable; we all make them. Yet, there's always more you don’t know. Do you have an interview coming up or have you recently been through some rounds and are worried you might have messed up? Don't be disheartened. Read the powerful and encouraging message from Sanjay, and keep pushing forward. You've got this. This is just the beginning!

How I got hired at Amazon after performing badly in the interview, ... Here is my Amazon Interview Story, While I was preparing for Full-time roles in the early 2021, I networked with a Hiring Manager at Amazon. After an hour-long informational call, the hiring manager told me that I would hear back from the recruiter on the Phone Screening and next steps. To summarize, my phone screening went well and I was invited for a virtual onsite interview of 5 rounds. 1. 5 rounds between 10 am and 4:45 pm. 2. 15 min break between each interview. 3. 45 min break for lunch after the 2nd round. My last round was at 3:45 pm. I was exhausted after solving 20+ questions (DSA and SQL) and talking for 80% of the time from the past 5 hours. The entire interview didn’t go as I hoped. I solved a subset of DSA questions with hints but I could not provide impactful stories for some leadership principles and ended up with multiple disagreements on the system designs. Overall, I felt I performed badly in the interview. One week later, I got the call from recruiter that I got the job. I was happy and to show my gratitude I called the hiring manager to thank him for his guidance during the overall interview process. I shared my last round experience with him and told him that I felt that I would be rejected because of my last round. Manager Response: “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘕𝘰-𝘏𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.” Therefore, do not let your previous interview round influence your next round. Give your best in each round independently and let the interviewers evaluate you. Keep hustling, stay motivated, get hired. #motivation #interviewprep #amazon #faang

I used this technique while being interviewed at Microsoft Amazon Google Walmart etc 🚀 Here is how you can do better in tech interviews💡🔥 ➡️ Introduce yourself and have a bit of small chat with the person interviewing you. This will ease you up and you will be comfortable during the whole interview ✅ ➡️ Talk through the solution of the problem. This will help the interviewer to be more engaged and the interviewer will be able to help you in solving the problem ✅ ➡️ Have some data points on the projects you have worked upon and talk about what you did specifically. This will show your contribution in the project and the impact you made. It's better if you talk in numbers like "my work improved performance by x%" ✅ ➡️ Work on soft skills and research about the company and its values This way you will be able to understand the values and will be able to talk about what you want and what does the company offer. This will help you in understanding the culture of the team and company ✅ ➡️ Most importantly work on explaining your solution to others as communication skill is also very important 🔥 This will bring clarity during your discussions and will enhance your chances of getting selected ✅ If you don't clear the interviews, don't worry too much ❌ Reflect upon the things you can improve and use this experience in next interviews 💯 Keep trying, until you succeed 🚀 Follow Aman Kumar for more 🙌 #interview #interviewpreparation #job #tips #faang #tech #code #softwareengineers #work #microsoft #microsoftlife #amazon #google #walmart #success #interviewprep

Don’t self-reject ❌  I had around 2.5+ years of experience and saw a job requiring 4+ years of experience at Apple in January 2022. I thought I was under-experienced and they wouldn’t accept my application. But instead of self-rejecting myself, I customized my resume and applied to the opening! For a few weeks, I didn’t hear back from them and a month later, I even forgot about it. But turns out, Apple didn’t! In March, I received a call from the Apple team regarding an interview💪🏻 Just think, if I had self-rejected myself I wouldn’t have got that opportunity - I wouldn’t have built the confidence to go from a service→product company. - I wouldn’t understand the interview process of PBCs and prepare for Amazon. So, never and I mean NEVER, self-reject yourself based on anything—be it your past CTC, college tag or company tag💯 Just study the JD; check if your skills align and apply. I’m sure you will hear back! But if you aren’t hearing back and getting interviews, there might be an issue with your application. To identify that issue and start getting calls, try connecting with experienced SDEs ✅ They are available for a FREE doubt-solving session here: https://bit.ly/3CEYMGD Just get on this call and talk about your problem. They will analyze your situation, create an improvement plan, provide 1:1 training, re-optimize your resume and even arrange referrals🚀 #selfrejection #mycareerjourney #collab #preplacedcollab #motivation

#JobSeekerStruggles #AmazonInterviews #RecruiterExperience Hey everyone! 🌟 I recently came across a situation that left me pretty shocked: actual Amazon recruiters advertising during the interview process! Seriously, is this standard practice now? 🤨 Here’s why I think this is a major issue and how it could impact candidates like us: Distraction from the Interview: When recruiters are promoting other openings, it can take the focus away from the interview. Candidates might feel confused or even undervalued, wondering if they’re just another number in the hiring process. Lack of Professionalism: It can create an impression that the interview itself isn't taken seriously. If you're interviewing for a role, you'd expect the conversation to revolve around your qualifications and fit for the position, not about other job ads. Mixed Signals: Candidates may start feeling uncertain about their chances for the role they’re applying for. If recruiters are busy advertising other jobs, does tha... Why Are Amazon Recruiters Advertising Amid Interviews? Shocking! Answers:  https://lnkd.in/gMryvGhE Let's Connect! Have you faced similar challenges? Share your insights an...

💫 System Design Mantra! Start with the simplest solution that could work. The most elegant solutions often begin with a basic working system that's gradually evolved based on real needs, rather than trying to anticipate every future requirement. As Amazon's Werner Vogels says: 💡 "Everything fails all the time" 💡 - so start simple and iterate. If you're preparing for tech interviews and want free mock interviews / resume building advice grab a slot here: https://lnkd.in/gRGbV5U6 #techcareers #coding #interviewprep #cscareers #freementoring

"I am not good enough." Or so I thought before I applied to Amazon. One day, I decided to give it a go without expecting to get far. The next day, I received a response and was asked to complete an online test. I solved 1.5 out of 2 tasks (the second task didn't pass all tests). "Okay, that's it," I thought. However, I was invited to a phone interview where I answered a few questions, including one technical question. Again, I didn't have much hope. Regardless, I made it to the final round: four one-hour interviews back-to-back. The first interview was rough, but the other three went smoothly. Later, I was told that I almost made it. What a bummer. However, despite the tough interview process, I was treated with the utmost respect and received fair feedback, which gave me faith in my skills and abilities. 🚀 #JobSearch #CareerGrowth #SoftwareEngineering #AmazonInterviews #LearningExperience

I have completed 2 years at Amazon 🥳 While preparing for my interview at Amazon the 2 key strategies that helped me for my interview success was: 1. Orderly Problem-Solving: DSA questions have a specific order. I found using a structured DSA sheet, like Striver’s, helpful. It ensured I tackled concepts in the right sequence, avoiding confusion. 2. Progressive Overload: I focused on challenging myself with questions slightly above my current level. This gradual progression kept me motivated and prevented frustration. In addition, I relied on essential practices like regular practice, note-taking, revision, timed contests & mock interviews. If you're considering a switch to a different role, I suggest practicing with experienced professionals from leading tech companies. You can connect with these seasoned experts for a session here - https://lnkd.in/gbng6KWu Their guidance will help you practice interviews, improve your communication skills, and offer personalized advice tailored just for you. 💫 As I raise a toast to the future, I'm thankful for the lessons learned and eagerly anticipate what lies ahead! 🥂 #InterviewPreparation #Collab #PreplacedCollab #TechInterview

Dear Amazing Women Engineers, Thank you all for your enthusiastic responses and interest in the Amazon WoW preparation documents. I've compiled the necessary resources into one PDF documents for your convenience. You'll find valuable insights, resources, and tips to help you prepare effectively. Please find attached the documents: 1. Tech Skills Preparation Guide 2. Interview Preparation Guide 3. Resume Building Guide This document provides a comprehensive guide and insights into the Amazon (WoW) program, offering valuable information on the application process, interview rounds, preparation tips, and interview experiences. These documents cover a range of topics from technical skills to interview strategies, and resume building tips tailored to help you excel in your journey with Amazon WoW and beyond. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out. Additionally, if you'd like to delve deeper into specific areas, I'm more than happy to provide additional resources. Also, as promised, I'll be sending more comprehensive guides with detailed resources, including interview experiences and additional preparation materials in the coming days for Amazon Wow. Keep an eye out for further updates and opportunities! Join WhatsApp Community:  https://lnkd.in/dJDv2HXm If you find these resources helpful, please consider sharing them with your friends and tag them for good karma ❤️ Remember, never reject yourself before even trying ❤️ Your potential knows no bounds, and with dedication and perseverance, you can achieve anything you set your mind to. Follow Vikram Gaur #amazon #amazonintern #amazon #amazonwow