Anyone who has ever worked at Amazon and participated in the interview process will know how absurd this claim is. As if somehow a hiring manager could collude with the BR and the rest of the loop and hire someone who really didn’t meet the bar just so they can turn around and fire them. Why do people immediately believe everything they read on branded journalism sites like Inc? Is Inc really a bastion of integrity that is trying to expose a deep dark secret at a major tech company or are they selling clicks?