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There was an earlier discussion today on this same story where a comment said that Amazon interviews include a “bar raiser” who isn’t the hiring manager who ultimately makes the hiring decision. It seems like the “hire to fire” story is just sensationalist clickbait.

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I've seen cases where out of 2 out of 4 people are not inclined (including BR), but still hiring manager convinces everyone that the candidate should be hired with the assurance of focusing more on the candidate to make them meet the bar.

The comment you are referring to was nonsense. Bar raisers are not some magical fairy dust that prevents hire-to-fire, and in practice they are not usually the one who ultimately makes the decision, the HM is.

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