Lol I graduated with a CS degree in 2004 and have been searching for an entry level software development job ever since. Google was the first and only company to call me back to tell me I didn't get the job. I think things are getting worse out there.
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#12Edit: This was a half-decade or more ago.
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#14Lol I graduated with a CS degree in 2004 and have been searching for an entry level software development job ever since. Google was the first and only company to call me back to tell me I didn't get the job. I think things are getting worse out there.
Either you are a really bad developer or you are shooting for the stars. You really haven't found any work since 2004?
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#16A buddy of mine interviewed for a fairly senior role at Google (SVP equivalent) and he had about 6 or 7 in-person interviews within a week or two before they went radio-silent. 6 months later they contacted him and asked him to come in for another round of interviews -- at which point he told them he was going to pass. Edit: This was a half-decade or more ago.
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#17A buddy of mine interviewed for a fairly senior role at Google (SVP equivalent) and he had about 6 or 7 in-person interviews within a week or two before they went radio-silent. 6 months later they contacted him and asked him to come in for another round of interviews -- at which point he told them he was going to pass. Edit: This was a half-decade or more ago.
The idea that randos are just interviewing to be SVPs at Google doesn't seem particularly likely to me.
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#18Lol I graduated with a CS degree in 2004 and have been searching for an entry level software development job ever since. Google was the first and only company to call me back to tell me I didn't get the job. I think things are getting worse out there.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
The idea that randos are just interviewing to be SVPs at Google doesn't seem particularly likely to me.
Why do you think OP's friend is a "rando"?