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Cisco interviewed me for 3 months for a couple of roles and then offered me comp that is considerably less than my current comp for a product manager role!! They also said its cisco policy to not offer rsu for mcol cities. Rsu is apparently only meant for candidates in hcol cities.
Need to punch a bag every day for several days to get over this bs.
So I've had 2 hiring managers and several recruiters from Amazon reach out to me about applying for some open positions with the company (android). I completed the coding assessment and now they want me to go through a round of 5 hour interviews next week. Is there a good chance I'll be hired if engineering managers are reaching out to me? I'm really not sure how badly I want to work for them and I don't want to be laid off months after being hired on. Anyone know what Amazon hiring is like?
Guys , whoever is interviewing and planning to join , do ask project availablity on priority basis before you take decision. On Java front looks like there is some project issue due to recent slowdown in market. My offer was not revised even after agreement with recruiter because of this.
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It’s difficult to blame it on one universal thing since every agency/office/year/budget/position is different BUT I will say that, as a candidate, the longer it mysteriously drags out the more it becomes a red flag. Like a date or friend that keeps flaking out, you quickly find yourself re-thinking the relationship. Up to you how much you’re willing to put up with, but to me all it says is “We don’t value you that much and we’re ok if you go somewhere else.”
Yeah it's a solid thought process but as you said, not definitive / hard to know for sure. When I was account, I once interviewed for 3 months including a drag with scheduling with clients (yes, clients sometimes want to "interview" you), then new scope and budget got delayed. Then finally a got an offer in writing and then the clients quit and the new client let the agency go, lol. Our business is nuts like that.
Company - The interview went great, we love them! But they were the first interview we had...I'm sure the candidate won't mind waiting for us if they really liked us.
Me-
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Could be waiting for the new budget, so dragging it out. Could be that they’re indecisive.
That they have a lot of other stuff going on.
Just keep applying. Jobs are like dating in your 20's. Who knows where it will go. Don't hang your hopes and dreams on a couple of tinder messages!
There’s a lot of reasons it can happen - I wouldn’t automatically take it as a red flag. The scope could’ve changed, they could’ve done an internal rotation instead of hiring, the clients may be dragging their feet on signing off on the project, final finance approval may have gotten held up, etc etc. Took me 6 months from first interview to offer at a prior job, but I ended up getting hired at a higher title than what I originally interviewed for because I had new work experiences in the interim. Consider it one factor of many to evaluate.
Or they are dealing with internal bureaucracy
I just had this exact situation but it was because I was initially brought in for one role that They decided I wasn’t senior enough for, then brought me back for a role on a promising new biz opportunity and then the new biz took an extra month or two to become official.
Thanks everyone for the thoughts on this situation...After many months and [near as I can recount] 15+ individual people interviewed with (a few more than once)...
I was told to expect an offer this week and asked did I have any questions...that’s when the red flags that I had been ignoring prompted me to post originally...
I had a few standard questions about benefits and whatnot and between asking them and close of business last night some were answered via email...
Then last evening I got a call and was told that I would NOT in fact be getting an offer for this role. They went with the other candidate they had been considering (and whom I met briefly when going in for a final round of interviews).
Much dancing around solid answers was done and I hung up the call bemused to say the least...
For those wondering about more details...
This was a client side opportunity leading all digital, it would have required relocation (for both candidates) & I have been in the space with varied and progressively increasing responsibilities for 20+ years now, mostly agency side.
OP, sorry to hear that. Red flags are never to be ignored. I hope you weren't placing all your hopes and dreams on this. It's one of the hardest parts when a process drags and if it's something you want - a fine balance between going for it and not letting yourself get lost in it until it's actually real. Always keep looking and interviewing elsewhere simultaneously and ask questions all along the process. Sounds like something happened internally there and they were not on the same page so perhaps it was for the best / not the right place and people for you. Hope something else works out soon!