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Since they're having problems with retention, I wonder if they'll also get rid of that 6 month rejection cooldown? I had an Amazon recruiter cold e-mail me 2 months ago and me, being off the market for 8 years, had no idea software engineering interviewing was its own skillset, and subsequently bombed the online assessment. 2 months later, I've "grinded Leetcode" and passed a few phone interviews, but I'd be interested in circling back to Amazon. I will probably find another job before that 6 month cooldown is up, so as it is, Amazon basically is missing out on someone who is otherwise qualified just because they reached out to me first.


Honestly, given how bad Amazon’s reputation is I’d recommend just searching elsewhere. They were bleeding personnel before RTO became an issue.


Yeah, my team was remote. But the bureaucracy was pretty crazy.


I'd recommend scanning all the "leaks" publicized about 4 months ago from internal Amazon HR policies. They're real, and why I was like eff this, and quit. It is plausible they're very varied across divisions and teams.


All I saw was "return to office is going to be pushed out by another 4 months, every 4 months for the foreseeable future"


It's a very little known fact that Amazon recently lowered the internal cooldown to 3 months.


You could try again, worst case scenario you get a no, which is more or less your status now.




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