get on linkedin. look for people in your target company who say they are hiring. Send them a message.

For amazon, the move it not to apply formally through the internal jobs site. Clicking apply will notify your manager instantly.

So the accepted practice is to connect directly with the HM for a chat/pre-interview and once they say they are inclined (barring unexpected info), click apply. This is fairly common and expected.

This is typical for internal transfers in large companies, pressing Apply is (almost) the last step.

From the other side of equation as a hiring manager, it's a small negative signal if somebody internal applies "cold", the good candidates tend to reach out first.

+1

Dont do this at apple though*

*this is hearsay. Maybe up/downvotes can help resolve this?

Yeah it pings your manager whenever you apply internally. That is an interesting work around. You can see HM/Sourcer/Recruiter for any roles internally. Then just get their contact information via Phone tool.

steps: 1) chime or slack them asking to setup a 30 minute sync about the role. 2) see what they want and if "apply"ing makes sense. If not, figure out your gaps.

Do this 5ish times. See where the gaps are. Work to fill them.

oh and get on blind so you can learn from other people's mistakes :)

I've had struggles too. I'm now in a much better place.

If you want some FANG interviewing advice or just a general career/life sounding board, feel free to email me at the email on my profile.

this goes for anyone else struggling.