How about "I applied, was given an offer, but rejected it"?
Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google?
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#32I'm regularly approached by Google recruiters, but they never have anything interesting to offer me.
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#33I applied, and was rejected. However, I had already taken another job before they rejected me. The application process made me not want to work there. More recently I have toured their offices, and I really really don't want to work there.
me too.
I remember going to their campus, and getting a ewww... this place has a too corporate vibe.
Three of the people that interviewed me seemed burned-out, no enthusiasm whatsoever. Also from my conversations it seemed that Google is a pretty political place (even though it tries hard not to be one).
Only two of the guys, I clicked with. One had done mobile dev since early 2000, and we had worked a lot on similar problems.
The other guy I thought was cool had come from an acquisition.
I didn't even get to meet the recruiter who was supposed to handle my case, and I was greeted by somebody else. The whole interview experience felt like cattle processing.
For some reason I came out with the opinion that Google is a very unhappy place, and competitive (cut-throat perhaps), as it attracts people that are smart, and have tough time being average.
Perhaps it is subconscious sour grapes, or not, but my thinking is that while Google it is chock full of smart people, it seems not to be a fun place.
Ps. I know two googlers in person, and I think they are really smart people, and I respect them as engineers, but I just don't think them as entrepreneurial types though.
So as individual place, it has a lot of smart people, but as a collective and as environment google is not a fun or attractive place to be at least when viewed on a superficial level from the outside. Maybe that's why they have to pay really well to retain their engineers.
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#34So, at least one person said they were hired by Google. I have a question for those folks... When you applied, did you have any reasonable expectation that you would actually be hired to work there, or was it just on a whim... like a lottery ticket?
I'll mention a related question I've been pondering on lately: how does one assess his own skill level? When one has people around who are clearly more able programmers, one can take the chance to learn from them and try to achieve their skill. But when you believe you might be the top programmer around your office, how do you determine whether you're really good, or you're just in a not-so-great environment? A lot o…
"The reason for failing to be hired is invaluable feedback on your shortcomings, which are much harder to self-assess."
Good luck trying to get any useful feedback from a Google or Facebook rejection. Often it's just random.
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#35I was recruited, but didn't make it past the second interview.
It's unfortunate. I was excited at the prospect and they did try to encourage me to continue through the process. I had lost my initiative though.
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#36Adding more choices. Thanks!
Re: Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google?
#37So, at least one person said they were hired by Google. I have a question for those folks... When you applied, did you have any reasonable expectation that you would actually be hired to work there, or was it just on a whim... like a lottery ticket?
I had a reasonable expectation; everyone should have a reasonable estimation of their skills from what you do in your side projects and how others regard you. Google hires solid engineers, not just the top 1%.
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#38Interestingly, most of the people voted for "I never applied because there is no way I'd get hired".
And I thought I was the only one who thinks this way.
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#39Solicited by Google recruiters but never applied: a) I don't think Google is a place for me in terms of age and society. b) I don't come from a CS background, am self taught but have over 12 years of professional experience behind me - I know what I am doing but can't rant of algorithms off the top of my head.
I don't come from a CS background, am self taught but have over 12 years of professional experience behind me - I know what I am doing but can't rant of algorithms off the top of my head.
During an interview when I couldn't answer a question about CS theory I drew on something I learned as an English major: the analogy. I said:
"Imagine that you aren't a tech company hiring a developer. You are a band hiring a lead guitarist. Do you want someone who studied music theory who can wax poetic about diminished arpeggios and phrygian scales? Or do you want Jimi Hendrix, who is self-taught and doesn't read music, but who can rock out with a Stratocaster and a Marshall Stack?"
I've used that one twice, and I've gotten the job both times. It also helps when you can pass all of the written tests. At my last job I outscored all of the CS majors on all of the tests they gave me!
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