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Amazon Trivia
100

These are designed for recruiting candidates into a single candidate pool with a hierarchical relationship to individual hiring reqs with identical hiring needs for the same job code. 

What is a pooling req?

Source: https://policy.a2z.com/docs/56628/publication

100

This supports and encourages conversations across multiple teams by connecting with the current Prospect Engaged By recruiter, where mutual interest is discovered.

100

This person is responsible to update the requisition in Hire with:

  • BPS1 with minimum 3 interviewers (competencies and interviewers only applicable for Non APSS schedules), interview duration, Live Code requirement and candidate/interviewer additional message (if required)
  • Interviewer’s names and competencies for BPS2
  • Onsite Intake details for corporate requisitions
100

The distance a candidate's origin home must be from their Amazon office to be eligible for relocation in the US.  

What is fifty miles?

Source: https://inside.hr.amazon.dev/content/inside/us/en/toolkits/for-hr/relocation/initiating.html 

100

These were built in 1994 with materials from Home Depot and remain a reminder that we value frugality.  

What are door desks?

200

This person will review and edit the job description to ensure it meets the bar for grammar, compliance, and brand. 

Who is the content approver?

Source: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/Hire/Clara/Approvals/

200

When a candidate is updated to "Engaged", the recruiter has this many FULL days of ownership before the candidate is considered Available and can be contacted again.

200

This person will set up APSS rosters as per requisition notes.  

200

This happens when one of these events happens:

- a contact bubble is pressed within Hire

- a PS, assessment, or OS is scheduled

- A rejection or recycle is confirmed

- a option to make an offer is in is clicked in Hire

What stops the 2&5 Promise clock?

Source: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/The2and5Promise/

200

This is the date that Amazon was founded.

When is July 5, 1994?

300

These are the bare minimum that a candidate must possess to be considered for a role, are objective, are job relevant, and are non-comparative.

What are basic qualifications?

Source:  https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/Job-Descriptions-Compliance

300

This status is when a candidate is  NOT actively involved in the interview process as an applicant or referral.  A candidate remains in this status prior to applying or being referred to a specific requisition, including pooling reqs.

300

True or False:  

For Rush PSs, RS will reach out to Candidate’s and Interviewer seeking availability and schedule the PS. 

What is False?

RS will not reach out to Candidate’s and Interviewer seeking availability and schedule the PS directly as per the mutual confirmed slot mentioned by the Recruiter in Candidate-Notes Intake template.

Source: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/WWOpsNANon-Tech#HIntakeNotesforWWOpsSourcers

300
A nonimmigrant visa for certain professionals who come to the US for a limited period to work in a specialist occupation 

What is a H-1B Visa?

Source: https://inside.hr.amazon.dev/content/inside/us/en/employment/your-career-global/immigration-and-visas/work-eligibility.html

300

Bezos initially incorporated his company under this name.  

What is Cadabra, Inc?


400

It is required to move candidates to a final disposition or to the hiring req on pooling reqs after this number of days.  

400

The process of searching for and reviewing Beamery and Hire records to determine if there are duplicate profiles and/or existing candidate activity. You must check Beamery and Hire systems for every prospect before engagement.

400

The candidate evaluation workflow on a requisition should be agreed upon before the requisition is open to ensure all candidates of the same type experience the same type of evaluative steps, such as a phone screen, online assessment, onsite, and debrief. If the workflow is changed after the requisition is open, these are the next three steps.  

What is disposition all candidates off the req, close the req, and recreate and post a new req?

Source: https://policy.a2z.com/docs/118716/publication

400

This is a general recommendation for healthy growth for total compensation for years 2 & 3 when building an external offer.

400

The first shareholder letter was published this year.

When is 1997?

500

Job postings in these locations require a pay transparency tagline.

What are CA, CO, Jersey City, NY, WA, and all US virtual locations.

Source: https://inside.hr.amazon.dev/content/inside/us/en/toolkits/for-hr/toolkits/recruiting/pay-scale-requests.html#h2_527543 

500

This is a Consumer-built recruiting tool designed to enable inclusive and efficient sourcing across multiple demographics and categories.

What is the Diversity & Inclusion Boolean Builder?

Source: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/WWCTA/Diversity_Boolean_Builder/

500

This is the recommended loop construction guidance for non tech.  

What is 1+ Woman or Black, Latino/a, and Native American/Alaska Native Interviewer on 100% of loops and  2+ Women or Black, Latino/a, and Native American/Alaska Native Interviewers on 80% of loops?

Source: https://w.amazon.com/bin/view/WWCTA/Diverse_Interview_Loops/

500

True or False:

A candidate applying to a job code (or to the same job family at a higher level) where they already have a not-inclined/rejected vote recorded within the last 6 months for online assessment and phone screen or 12 months for on-site (except India is 6 months for all stages) will be dispositioned as "Ineligible."

500

Blue Origin

What is Jeff Bezos' space travel company?