On: Commonly used idioms in the tech industry

[kens]

Can anyone explain "loop" as in "interview loop"? It doesn't make sense to me but a lot of people use it as a normal phrase. Is it an Amazon thing?

[Wistar → kens]

The first place I ever encountered it was at Microsoft. You'd start the interview day with the recruiter, have a series of interviews and conclude back at the recruiter at the end of the "loop."

(A single "no hire" and you'd not get hired.)

[mabbo → kens]

It's definitely big at Amazon. And I can tell you why.

Typically, recruiters try to setup 4 interviewees with 4 interviewers. You 'loop' through them, like speed dating. It's "an interview loop".

At least, that's my interpretation.