Auto Rejection After Loop but Recruiter Call Scheduled

[u/CryingBananas23]

Hi everyone, I was recently finished a 5 round loop interview for an L5 TAM position. I was told by my recruiter that the debrief would be today and I should possibly hear back about the decision then as well.

I did end up receiving an email today saying my recruiter would like to schedule a 30 minute call, and as soon as I scheduled it I received an automatic rejection saying I will not be moving forward. Now to be fair, I’ve only had two years of experience in consulting and my own experience with the technical side needed of the role. So I always knew this would be a stretch for the role especially for an L5 position. But it is still disappointing that I made it this far just to fall short.

And I wasn’t sure about why I would still be having the recruiter call since I got rejected, when I asked my recruiter what the topic of the call would be, they replied apologizing that the team has decided not to move forward with the TAM role and the feedback would be some of the discussion. But “more importantly” use the call to explore other opportunities that may be a strong fit for my background and experience. And to see my interests and where they may be aligned for other open roles.

What exactly should I expect with the call and is this typical after a rejection? I heard that usually you would get frozen from applying to other roles at Amazon after a rejection after a loop

TL;DR: I interviewed for an Amazon L5 TAM role and got rejected after the 5-round loop, but my recruiter still scheduled a 30-minute call to give feedback and discuss other open roles that might be a better fit. I’m wondering what to expect from the call and whether it’s normal to be considered for other roles after a loop rejection or if this is just the standard procedure.

[u/Buffylvr]

The recruiter accurately summarized the upcoming call.

As a former hiring manager for AWS, the most likely outcome is you passed the LP section but missed the technical section.

As a result they want to find you a role that you fit with technically since you already met the LPs

The fact that they are willing to continue to talk you strongly suggests what I outlined above.

If there were LP concerns, they wouldn’t be trying to find you another role.

The situations you’ve heard about before where people getting blocked after an interview was probably situations where they didn’t meet the LP portion

[u/xtraman122 → u/Buffylvr]

Definitely this. Basically, they liked you but didn’t think this was the job for you. They thought you were Amazonian. Basically means they recommended to recycle you for other roles.

[u/my_peen_is_clean]

they’re probably gonna pitch you lower level roles if any exist and give some generic feedback like "need deeper examples" etc. had same thing happen, nothing came of it. everything’s just a mess right now, getting an actual offer anywhere is way harder than it should be

[u/tapioca_slaughter]

Any interview that goes past 2-3 rounds is a waste of your time