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Amazon's Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires
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In fulfilling online orders, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +0.98% is all about expediency. The fewer people involved the better. But when it comes to filling higher-level jobs, the e-commerce giant is in no rush—and it has a gantlet of people, dubbed "bar raisers," who must sign off on would-be hires. Bar raisers are skilled evaluators who, while holding full-time jobs at the company in a range of departments, play a crucial role in Amazon's hiring process, interviewing job candidates in other parts of the company. With a word, they can veto any candidate, even if their expertise is in an area that has nothing to do with the prospective employee's. Introducing WSJD , the Journal's new home for tech news, analysis and product reviews. How Mark Zuckerberg Came of Age as a Corporate Executive Pebble's Steel Aims to Bring Fashion to the Smartwatch Fold Samsung to Connect Phones, Appliances Manjoo: Boycott Snapchat and Send a Message on S