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Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

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Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#11

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.

Either you are a really bad developer or you are shooting for the stars. You really haven't found any work since 2004?

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#12
A 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.

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#14

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.

Either you are a really bad developer or you are shooting for the stars. You really haven't found any work since 2004?

I'm assuming OP was exaggerating...I don't see how they couldn't be based on the market

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#15
Most big companies are terrible at recruiting. Google requires massive numbers of people so they can't spend much time or concern on any one position or one recruitee. Even my employer (non SV) can't even post positions for engineers that make any sense (which is why we get so few candidates).

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#16

A 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.

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#17

A 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.

Why do you think OP's friend is a "rando"?

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#18

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.

Was that a typo? Did you mean to type 2014?

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#19

Earlier 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"?

Anybody who claims to be going for an executive position through front-door recruiting is a rando. Look at the SVPs at Google and look at how they got that job. Either they have been at Google since the dawn of man, or they came in through major acquisitions, or they were personally recruited by Larry Page.

Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?

#20
Is your only complaint that the recruiter went silent? Or is that only one part of the problem? Because it wasn't clear to me from your description what else went wrong during the process for you to conclude that they have bad recruitment practices.
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