Hey everyone, an Amazon Amazon recruiter reached out to me awhile back for a strategic sales position. I just got the denial from them one day after the interview. The recruiter gave me quite the list to prepare and my interviewer literally brought up none of it. 3 questions, tell me about what you do, what’s your sales cycle like and how would you explain cloud in the simplest terms. That’s it. I felt like we got along great, so i was surprised at this. Any feedback anyone can provide?

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Have you asked for feedback? I always like to reach back out and ask for feedback on my interview. They sometimes will email back with some.

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I’ve had friends frustrated by the same thing. “Sometimes they just don’t like you”. Apply that in everything in life, friends, love. Faster you accept that it’s okay the better your life will be.
It could have been your answers and lack of indepth answer that showed your inexperience. It’s okay you just need to find a better position out there.

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Honestly there's no way to know for sure why they denied you. They may have simply interviewed someone they felt was better fit for the role. The best thing you can do is move on and keep applying elsewhere.

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Did you formulate your answers in STAR format and provide metrics to showcase your process and results?

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STAR format is so lame and outdated. It gets super corny after a while while you’re at the company so I wouldn’t be too discouraged. I bet you put in a ton of work to prepare and Amazon is great but there are better places with less rigid cultures.

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Hey Guys,


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Infosys HR on 16-September-2022 that I have been successfully selected for the job position of Test Analyst at Infosys, as per our conversation I have to receive an offer letter within 15 days, but I haven’t received it till now.

Now They have sent a mail that your Candidature is on hold. Is this happened with anyone else also.

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