Ping?

[unixronin]

So since there's still been no official word back from Amazon, I just sent them a carefully-worded ping asking if there was any news for me on the outcome of the interview, which they'd promised in 48 hours.

"...I felt the interview went well, although given the nature of the position I was a little surprised how few of my interviewers actually went into any technical depth...."

We've already had unofficial word back that the manager thought I wasn't technical enough.  The objective here, I'll be blunt, is to get them to consider, "Maybe the reason I didn't seem technical enough is because you didn't ask enough technical questions...."

Worst that can happen at this point is it doesn't work.

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Update, five minutes later

Gee, that was fast:

Hi Phil;

Great to hear from you.  I tried to call you yesterday but failed to reach you.  I hope your trip home was a safe one.  At this point the team has decided to pursue another candidate for the role.  They felt you were strong but have a candidate who appears to be a closer direct match to the role you interviewed for.  That said, I will place your resume back into the database for other managers to review and consider.  If you have any additional questions please don't hesitate to ask.  Thanks for your time and my apologies for not making contact with you sooner.

So, still a "no", but not as negative of a "no" as the unofficial word first made it appear.

Comments

[kendaer.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you didn't get an affirmative Phil.

On the other hand, I just started working for them at their Seattle office yesterday.

I do hope they find another position that they want to offer you!

Take care!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Not, by any chance, as a Unix systems engineer in the internal Unix engineering group? Is your new boss Ken Hamer?

[kendaer.livejournal.com]

No.. I'm a SDE in the associates group.
Which, out here in Seattle, is hiring quite a large number of people currently. If you want (and would want to relocate to Seattle) I could certainly mention to the recruiter that I knew you.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, a what? SDE?
Relocating to Seattle is certainly very far from a problem. (It's one reason we were hoping for the systems engineering position.)

[kendaer.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Software Development Engineer.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

(and would want to relocate to Seattle)

Would Monday be too soon?

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Yes, that does sound a lot less negative! Go you for following up on it!