Does minimum YOE actually matter on job posts
I'm a fairly young L6 (I played my cards right and got lucky). I want to apply to positions that are L6 equivalent but I find I'm not getting any responses back. I'm fairly confident it's not because of my resume because about a year or two ago I got an email back from a recruiter for almost every job post. I acknowledge that times have changed w.r.t. the job market so that's also at play. My current theory is that it's because I don't meet min YOE for a lot of the L6 equivalent jobs. Thoughts? Should I be trying to hide that on my resume?
Amazon L6??? Amazon L6 == G L5, M E5, etc
Yes I'm aware of that, when I say L6 equivalent I literally mean "senior engineer at Microsoft, Google, Meta, etc"
Depends, what's your YOE?
Amazon L6 is Senior, Senior level is now saturated to the level that junior positions were a few years ago. YOE is a convenient resume filter in this sort of environment but I’d bet you’re more seeing the saturation in general.
You shouldn’t apply via resume drops. That is why your response rate this time around sucks. Things have changed re: ATS use and the hiring bar, so ‘click to apply’ almost never works anymore. Just contact recruiters and hiring managers.
Something’s do require YOE experience when people managing or dealing with highly complex strategies.