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Does anyone have any insight into accounting roles at Amazon, particularly in the Arlington/DC area? An Amazon recruiter reached out about accounting roles, but the posts in this bowl are about Seattle. Trying to decide if the culture/wlb/pay is even worth looking into since it sounds like the interview process is intense. Base pay seemed pretty low in other posts, but they were a year old and for Seattle.
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Sounds like a sweat shop! I think plugged in is code for always working. The quality of life at PE funds have a wide range. Can be worse than big 4 and then there are some cushy ones. There are some firms out there that will ask about your SAT scores not just you GPA , doesn’t matter the experience. Which I think is stupid.
It was not a time zone difference but just how their flexible schedule was. Then they mentioned they have a call at midnight with an internal person. That led me to follow up about wlb and the hour expectation. They admitted it was near big4 hours and they needed someone plugged in. In my head I kind of knew this wasn’t for me.
The recruiter reached out the next day saying the interviewers loved speaking with me and hoping I could advance to next round. However, they wanted to know my GPA. I have 10 years of working experience so this was kind of odd since I figured GPA was more relevant on grad hires. I would happily admit I went to a state university that is not prestigious by any means so maybe that was the reason but anyhow I provided.
Long story short, I told the recruiter that while the work seems interesting and great from a professional goal perspective the hours expectations didn’t align with my personal goals.
Has anyone ever had an odd interview experience like this or just me?
Not this extreme but one of the big 4 setup 2-3 back to back virtual interviews. One of the people never showed up. I called and emailed the coordinator and she couldn’t get in contact with him either. Turned out he was swapped with something with the customer and lost track of time. He said since everyone else was so impressed with me he didn’t feel the need to reschedule.
This is weird…..glad you ran.
I had to take an IQ test for a start-up quant fund despite having a near 4.0 in college, a CPA, and 6 years of experience auditing companies 100x their size.