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For me, the main reason why I turn down Google's requests for interviews is blind allocation. Google wants you to go through interview after interview without k

For me, the main reason why I turn down Google's requests for interviews is blind allocation. Google wants you to go through interview after interview without knowing what role you might get. I am far too experienced to accept whatever random job a company might have. The last time they contacted me and told them no, they came back with an actual position of Site Reliability Engineer. Definitely a job I do not want. Imagine going through the interview process only to be offered a position that is not to your liking? It has been almost a year since I heard from Google. They are due to send me another email soon.

highlynt 10y ago
I recently joined Google and it definitely didn't work that way. You aren't usually interviewing for a specific team, like with smaller companies. But once you get past the interview your recruiter works with you to find teams that you will be interested in. In my case I talked to 3 hiring managers that were all working on the exact type of project I expressed interest in. I've seen it work this way a bunch of times when hiring for my team since joining. I'm sure it doesn't always work this way but from what I've seen it's certainly the intention.
- zzalpha 10y ago
  But once you get past the interview your recruiter works with you to find teams that you will be interested in That just confirms his/her point. If you don't know what you'll be doing until after you've gotten through the recruitment process, it's blind placement.
  - Eridrus 10y ago
    There's a significant difference between this and what Facebook does where you don't know what team you will be on until after you join Facebook and complete their bootcamp.
    - zzalpha 10y ago
      So Facebook is even worse. Good for them!
- marssaxman 10y ago
  I wish that such a process had existed in 2011 when I went to work at Google; my experience there might have been less miserable and consequently less brief.

highlynt 10y ago

I recently joined Google and it definitely didn't work that way. You aren't usually interviewing for a specific team, like with smaller companies. But once you get past the interview your recruiter works with you to find teams that you will be interested in. In my case I talked to 3 hiring managers that were all working on the exact type of project I expressed interest in. I've seen it work this way a bunch of times when hiring for my team since joining. I'm sure it doesn't always work this way but from what I've seen it's certainly the intention.

zzalpha 10y ago
But once you get past the interview your recruiter works with you to find teams that you will be interested in That just confirms his/her point. If you don't know what you'll be doing until after you've gotten through the recruitment process, it's blind placement.
- Eridrus 10y ago
  There's a significant difference between this and what Facebook does where you don't know what team you will be on until after you join Facebook and complete their bootcamp.
  - zzalpha 10y ago
    So Facebook is even worse. Good for them!
marssaxman 10y ago
I wish that such a process had existed in 2011 when I went to work at Google; my experience there might have been less miserable and consequently less brief.