I received an interview request from a recruiter via the company's Chime app for an SDE position. Excited, I joined with my camera on, as is the tradition these days. The recruiter didn't turn his on – an understandable omission.

We discussed the process in detail for some time. He stated that I'd need to complete two HackerRank questions by a deadline nine days in the future, but assured me not to worry! He would equip me with all the details I needed to be successful, including links to sample HackerRank tests and LeetCode samples. I would receive all this information today, so that I'd have the weekend to prepare, knowing how busy I must be.

Even more excited than before, I waited after the call... and waited... and waited. No response came.

I contacted the recruiter via LinkedIn and email multiple times, but received no response at all.

Apparently, Amazon has adopted the despicable recruiter policy of ghosting as well.

I can only assume this was a "bad apple," as every single other interaction I've had with Amazon has been amazing.