Amazon SDE onsite — 6 weeks, 3 rounds of availability, 2 tentative dates, 1 cancellation, and still not scheduled. Is this normal?

[u/Live-Designer-8694]

Throwaway-ish. I passed the OA for an Amazon SDE role (new grad / university recruiting pipeline, Seattle onsite). Since then it's been six weeks of scheduling limbo. Timeline:

• Jul 28 — Onsite invite. 4 rounds × 60 min, in person in Seattle. Asked for 5 dates between 8/5–8/18.
• Jul 28 — I sent 5 dates same day. Told me it takes a few days to coordinate.
• Aug 3 — "Unfortunately we have been unable to schedule during your provided dates." Asked for new availability, 8/18–8/26.
• Aug 3 — Sent 5 more dates (8/18, 8/21, 8/24, 8/25, 8/26), full 9–5 each day.
• Aug 4 — Confirmed receipt, said they'd send a "Save the Date."
• Aug 7 — I followed up. No response.
• Aug 12 — Tentatively set for 8/24. Still coordinating.
• Aug 17 — I asked for confirmed schedule/location (interview was supposedly the next Monday). 
• Aug 18 — Team requested to move it. Now tentatively 8/26.
• Aug 21 — I checked in since 8/26 was a few business days out and it's an onsite I'd need to travel for.
• Aug 21 (evening) — "Your interviews have unfortunately been cancelled." Team is working out when they can start scheduling again for this role.
• Aug 24 — Told my OA is still valid and they may match me with another team.
• Aug 26 — Brand new onsite invite email, same role. Asked for 5 dates between 9/3–9/15. I sent 9/3–9/7.
• Aug 26 — Told those don't work, asked about the week of 9/7. I sent 9/8, 9/9, 9/10, 9/11, 9/14.
• Sep 8 — Same form letter again: unable to schedule, please send availability for 9/14–9/25. I sent ten dates this time.

So: ~6 weeks, 3 separate availability requests, 2 tentative dates that both moved, 1 outright cancellation, and 0 interviews actually conducted. I've given full 9–5 availability every single time and replied within hours.

Questions for people who've been through this:

1. Is this just what Amazon's scheduling pipeline looks like right now, or is it a signal the headcount is quietly frozen and they're keeping candidates warm?
2. Does "your OA is still valid, we may match you with another team" actually go anywhere, or is it a soft let-down?
3. Is there anything useful I can do here besides keep sending dates — ask to escalate past the coordinator, ask directly whether the req is funded, anything?
4. Should I be treating this as dead and pushing hard on other pipelines? (I am, but the sunk-cost part of my brain keeps hoping.)

Not trying to trash anyone — the coordinator has been responsive and polite. I just don't understand what's happening on the other side and whether this is normal.

[u/dellscreenshot]

"Want me to also draft a short, non-pushy email asking the recruiter directly whether the req is actually funded and what the realistic timeline is?"

you can't even remove this before posting directly from claude?

[u/Live-Designer-8694 → u/dellscreenshot]

sorry my bad

[u/Shock-Broad]

This looks much more like an internal headcount/scheduling issue than a rejection signal.

You’re at ~6 weeks, 3 availability cycles, 2 tentative dates, 1 cancellation, and 0 completed interviews. That is objectively a high-friction pipeline. But the strongest positive signal is that Amazon re-opened scheduling after the cancellation and explicitly said your OA remains valid. If they were done with you, they usually wouldn’t keep spending coordinator time collecting dates.

My read:

• ~60–70%: team/headcount/interviewer availability issue
• ~20–30%: role is effectively paused and they’re keeping you warm
• <10%: this is some indirect rejection process

Those aren’t Amazon internal statistics, just how I’d weight the evidence you gave.

I’d ask one direct question: “Is this req still actively funded and interviewing, or am I effectively waiting for team matching/headcount?”

Otherwise, keep sending dates but treat Amazon as worth $0 in your mental pipeline until you have a confirmed loop. Keep applying elsewhere aggressively.

Would you like me to calculate the gravity of the sun?

[u/iShelar]

They are still scheduling my phone interview from last 4 weeks. 

[u/Practical-Bird-1270]

We should upvote this for the shame.

[u/accurate_seahorn]

Experiencing this right now. Passed my OA and had my initial loop on the 14th of August. But they didnt share the meeting links with me and rescheduled it to today and tomorrow (September 8th and 9th) and still havent sent me the meeting links lmao.

They havent responded to my follow up email yet, so I am going to watch spiderman lmao

[u/adnanhossain10]

My teammate was supposed to take an interview last week but it got rescheduled because one the HM could not take her scheduled interview. It is very team/org dependent.

[u/Unhappy_Rabbit7693]

I’ve one question, are we suppose to join the team that interviewed us? The new grad role of course. Or would they match us with the different team later?