Could be that the recruiter left. My perception is that recruiters have greater churn in bi companies.
Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
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#42Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#43Dell did a very similar thing to me a few months ago. I think its just a symptom of large companies
It's happened to me fairly often at small companies, although that could just be something to do with where I live.
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#44> Shouldn't bad recruiting practice like this hurt the company's reputation?
I imagine it has, to an extent, among their pool of potential candidates.
> And shouldn't people be more hesitant to apply to companies knowing that they will be treated badly?
I'm sure there are people who have decided not to pursue employment at Google based on the what they've heard about Google's interview process. But, apparently, there are still many thousands of good developers who are undeterred by Google's reputation. So for the time being, in their cost-benefit analysis, Google has decided they're better off without making major changes in their hiring process.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
They do? Czech salary range at google is less than 6k USD/mo i think.
How does that compare to local salaries?
It seems similar to other bigger IT companies in the region. Nothing special - but then again I never did any deep research on the subject.
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#46I had a good experience interviewing with Google earlier this year. Sometimes there were a couple weeks between steps of the process, but I always had a clear sense of when I'd be contacted next, and the recruiter and interviewers always held to the schedule. I was rejected, and got the notice promptly (a few days after the interview).
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#47Most 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).
When McDonalds will treat minimum wage workers better than you are treating people there is no excuse.
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's no reason why they can auto-generate a "We have decided not to proceed with your application" email when they move your status to rejected at the very least. It costs marginally nothing.
It does when you think you might have another position for them and you don't want to burn bridges. Which I assume it likely what they're thinking.
Not responding burned bridges not just with him but everyone reading this, sending a polite no would have maintained them.
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#49I am not defending Google here but plenty of reasons I would guess: - Lot of people want to work for Google. Plenty of supply - Cost/Benefit. The cost of contacting everyone is not worth the benefit. Probably too many applicants to respond to - Because they can. They are Google. - They are big. Perhaps a certain division/HR team is worse than others. So it could come down to specific HR team who is the culprit. I bet…
And, there's a pretty large oversupply of talent in the bay area, so there's plenty of potential candidates to burn through, for a region of this size.
Re: Ask HN: Why does Google get away with such bad recruiting practices?
#50any response at all following an interview puts a company at above average these days.
that said, my experiences with google have been way above average. probably one of the few companies where i genuinely enjoyed interviewing (i usually hate interviews). follow-ups were very informative as well. sounds like you got a flaky recruiter.