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Google and Amazon are wasting your time with Interviewing

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Google did not hire me because I'm a Black Man. I declined the opportunity with Amazon because they were b#llshitting the interview process. My only response is "My skin color has nothing to do with my ability to do the job. I'm more than qualified to do the f#*ck!ng job!" "TRUST.

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Recruitment firm Cynet slammed after job posting seeks 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

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> Google did not hire me because I'm a Black Man.

Can you elaborate on how you got to that conclusion? We don't have insights on how the interview went (not from your, nor the interviewers' perspective), so it's hard to get a picture of what happened.

The interview process changed once they saw me on the video camera! As a black ninja! with all the certs required for the role and over 8+ year of experience, I doubt me not getting the position had anything to do with being able to do the job.

Recruitment firm Cynet slammed after job posting seeks 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/recruitment-firm-cynet-...

And this is related how to your original post?

(To be honest, you give the impression to blame the rejection on your skin colour when the alternative option is less comfortable: Someone thought you're not qualified to do the 'f#*ck!ng job')

This must be a troll. Google and Amazon hire a lot of different people ranging from Black, Asian, Indian, Straight, Gay, etc.

You can read more about their efforts here https://diversity.google/ and https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/diversity-and-inclu...

FYI - I do not work for Google or Amazon.

Techbros often only want to hire people that resemble them or make them feel comfortable. I've seen this be the case with multiple people hired by both Google & Amazon, "cultural fit" (eg: political & racial fit) over merit. Happens all the time outside FAANGs too.

Nice! When you're a black man it's difficult to make white folks feel comfortable. All they see is your Blackness* :/

I'm not black, but having spent time homeless and not having the best educational path, I know most tech companies that have interviewed me look down on me or consider me unhirable despite using code I wrote.

The experience you describe lines up with what I've heard from friends, I'd recommend reconsidering Amazon though, the company is highly segmented internally and time at a FAANG will likely boost your earning potential down the line. Most of the employees that have been there 3+ years are inert/zombified, working 50-60hrs a week. Their recruiters also BS around, I wouldn't take the interview process personally.

One friend interviewed at Amazon and thought she did terrible, yet they still offered her $80hr. Avoid the corporate kool-aid, cash their paychecks for a year or two, pole vault to an even better position at a slightly less well known company (with a better culture).

Thanks for your input. I appreciate you taking the time to share. Companies like Google and Amazon should make it clear in the beginning that their intent when it comes to these job posting is to collect market data and they're not really interested in hiring the candidate. It's totally fine to be upfront with this information because believe it or not, there are candidates out there just looking to practice there interviewing skills to improve. Obviously, these Technical Recruiters have a quota they have to meet for the numbers of candidates to interview for an opportunity each month so it looks like they are doing their job*(Recruiting). But as a Technical Recruiters, it would be a good idea to make that clear to the candidates you are interviewing at the beginning of the interview process so that you are not wasting anyone time. As a Black Man in America, the gears almost always change once the person that hiring for the role finds out that I am Black. I always get past the phone interview because talking over the phone it defaults to tell my race. I've been dealing with this sh!t for 8+ years now and it's getting really old. :)

So you are yourself deciding if you are qualified to work for Google! Now on people can just tell Google that they are qualified and Google can hire them. Can you tell us who you work for now? Some of your coding projects, things you have accomplished? If you are really good, you can just create your own software. Btw, i am not white. I am Brown

Recruitment firm Cynet slammed after job posting seeks 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

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