[xaranke]

As someone who works at Amazon and has been rejected by Facebook, don't hinge your happiness on something as random as an interview decision.

There's a lot more to life, and you deserve to be happy regardless of whatever else happens.

[xivzgrev]

Absolutely. I encourage the previous poster to get yourself to a point where you are happy with your current situation. Do more things that make you happy in your day to day, find things you can get lost in "flow", invest more in important personal relationships / give more, start a gratitude journal, etc.

Ironically once you can be happy without Facebook, you are actually more likely to get into Facebook or whatever company because you'll be more detached from the outcome and more able to focus.

[ggm]

This. I am confident I'd fail any current US corporate enterprise interview and I've had a happy successful 35 year career in computer science and networking. Don't fight for something as tenuous as a cubicle farm in a Plex.

[dkarbayev]

The worst part of my rejections is that I cannot even pass recruiters - apparently I cannot sell myself good enough despite that I’m somewhat confident that I’ll do good at technical interviews. Looks like a common problem to introverts.

[zerogvt]

As an introvert myself I can feel the pain. It only gets worse once you get into one of the big soulless companies out there. You get trampled and backstabbed every step along the way by the extroverts that -regardless of their technical skills- are better in politics, self-promotion and managing your clueless managers. Hell - I'm currently regretting not going for a sailors' career when I could.

[xaranke]

This is something I'm better at than technical interviews, if you want to practice my email is in my bio.

[sonofblah]

I think sheer practice can help here--when I haven't interviewed for a while, I'm rusty at telling "my story," but once back in the process, it begins to flow again. (rusty flow?)

[h4b4n3r0]

>> don't hinge your happiness on something as random as an interview decision

This is easier for senior folks. At some point you just know the rejection was a failure of their interview process and not your ineptitude. I have failed several interviews at different companies where I was one of the best people _in the world_ for the job due to my domain expertise. It's a roll of the dice for everyone, but earlier in my career I did not take rejection well. Now? Honeybadger don't care.

[sadamznintern]

I’m not there. I think I’m not the smartest guy around but I want to achieve my dreams and achieve upward class mobility. But today I’m stuck.

[h4b4n3r0]

Keep trying, and don’t take it to your heart. The whole interview circus is stupid and everybody knows it. The only people who think they’re the smartest around are the ones who never worked with folks who are truly, freakishly gifted. I’ve been lucky in that regard, so I no longer have any illusions about my intellectual prowess. Over time you will see that intellect isn’t everything, nor does it guarantee success. Stay in the industry, change jobs every 2 years, put yourself in the path of serendipity, and do a good job. Mobility will come eventually.

[sadamznintern]

I failed a FB loop a few weeks ago despite studying really fucking hard and doing pretty damn well on the questions I got.

I’m afraid I’ll be stuck at Amazon, which nobody is actually impressed by, if I’m lucky and not PIPed out.

[dang]

You've posted about this numerous times before. The first, extensive discussion may have had some intellectual curiosity, but at this point it's becoming repetitive and tedious. Please don't keep bringing it up.

Edit: actually, I've banned this account because repeating this turns out to be all it's been doing. Single-purpose accounts aren't allowed here, and when you repeat something as much as this one has, it's indistinguishable from trolling (which is why some users have been wondering if it's a troll account). Please don't use HN this way again.

[therealdrag0]

Thank you.

[ex_amazon_sde]

> Amazon, which nobody is actually impressed by

What?

[sadamznintern]

People know the hiring bar is low and the perks don’t exist and the TC is low etc.

[gaius]

You could probably leverage 2-3 years at Amazon to a much better job somewhere else as a cloud guy. It is all about credentialling and other signalling, to get your foot in the door. Remember the only purpose of a CV is to secure an interview.

[sadamznintern]

Yeah but that’s 2-3 years of lost earnings and respect.

[gaius]

Well, it depends. Any F500 hiring manager would pay top dollar for an ex-Amazon guy to work on their cloud effort, maybe not as much as a FANG but 9-5 with decent job security. If you were looking to settle down somewhere long-term it might be worth the hit.

[Kubrik]

You are a very good troll, Sir