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Better than my interview experience. Sailed through the phone interview, went in person for the day long interview. Most were no problem except for one that to

Better than my interview experience. Sailed through the phone interview, went in person for the day long interview. Most were no problem except for one that took longer than it should have. And then... Nothing. Radio silence. No emails. No answered emails. I had ceased to exist. After that colossal waste of time, I decided to only work remote.

40acres 10y ago
I had a similar end result from Facebook, I assume I did not pass but never heard back from my recruiter.
- gaza3g 10y ago
  Yep, had a video-interview with FB too. Didn't hear from them after that.
  - emp 10y ago
    My experience is the polar opposite - I've had updates before and after, even just to say sorry it's taking so long (4 days isn't long to me). It must very much depend on who is taking care of you.
ma2rten 10y ago
Hi, I work at Google. I am sorry for this. This should never happen. How long ago was this? I can try to follow up on your behalf.
- thesmallestcat 10y ago
  Reading people's accounts of interviewing at Google, I would never apply, and I won't cash in on the recommendations I could get from some ex/Googlers I know. Reading the submission, look how many times the candidate has to "ping" people just to keep the ball rolling. In my mind, I'd end up working with a bunch of sycophants who are willing to do that sort of thing, the same sort of people who got a thrill out of the strategy involved in applying to Ivy Leagues. Google does some great work, but man do they carry a stench.
  - EmployedRussian 10y ago
    > I would never apply I guess you'll never know what (if anything) you've missed. > I'd end up working with a bunch of sycophants who are willing to do that sort of thing You are implying bad intentions where none are likely to exist. Google is a very large company, and 0.001% of candidates are bound to have suboptimal interview experience by sheer bad luck (and it's likely that you see their horror stories more than you see "I interviewed at Google, had a good experience, got hired, and now work on cool stuff with incredible coworkers" kinds of stories).
    - thesmallestcat 10y ago
      Do you work for Google? I hate that I have to ask this, but Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN, for better or worse.
      - EmployedRussian 10y ago
        > Do you work for Google? I do. I've also done 200+ interviews. > Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN Well, sure. It's not because Google tells us to defend it though, but rather to state the facts as we see them.
        thesmallestcat 10y ago
        On the other hand, I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. Horror stories come out, but few and far between due to this risk. Google's certainly not alone in having clauses like that, but the volume of Google defense on HN feels like astroturf. So that's where my cynicism comes from.
        EmployedRussian 10y ago
        > I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. You understand this based on what? Out of curiosity, I just went through my employment agreement, and did not find any such clauses. > Horror stories come out, but few and far between due to this risk. Or due to the fact that they rarely happen (I am not disputing that they do sometimes happen). > the volume of Google defense on HN feels like astroturf. Like I said earlier, since you are dead set to never apply, you'll never find out what (if anything) you've missed.
- kstenerud 10y ago
  Nov 13th, 2015. It's a bit of a moot point now, though. I've since switched to remote only, left the bay area, and bought a nice log cabin in the countryside. Horses in the morning and no commute = a very happy me :)
  - ma2rten 10y ago
    That sounds great!
ThrowawayR2 10y ago
> Nothing. Radio silence. No emails. No answered emails. I had ceased to exist. Actually, that seems to be the standard behavior for rejected candidates these days, at least in my personal experience. (I've seen some references calling it the "California no", suggesting that the practice is widespread.) It's really kind of annoying.
- dsacco 10y ago
  > the "California no" Never heard that before. That's going to be my new go-to phrase for this though.
- davidjnelson 10y ago
  Interview ghosting ;-)
jacekm 10y ago
I once worked for a company that is greatly respected in IT industry. While their engineers were top notch, the non-technical ones were... let's just say not so good. It was common for a recruiter to forget about a candidate (even a good one who passed the interviews!). One guy got positive reply 3 months after his interview. I imagine there may be similar mess at Google too.
- eps 10y ago
  Sounds like IBM from 20 years ago... except they would call to just set up a screen interview 4 months after the resume submission for a specific position.
cableshaft 10y ago
I don't think that's standard for them. I did get a phone call for my rejection from Google after my onsite, after a couple of weeks. They actually told me to study for 18 months and try again, that many people do that and get in the second time. Yeah....sorry, I can't afford to study for 18 months straight for a job. I've actually had Google recruiters get back in touch with me a few times since then, but I wasn't ready to go through the gauntlet again. Maybe if I didn't have to study like a madman for at least a month beforehand to even have a chance.

40acres 10y ago

I had a similar end result from Facebook, I assume I did not pass but never heard back from my recruiter.

gaza3g 10y ago
Yep, had a video-interview with FB too. Didn't hear from them after that.
- emp 10y ago
  My experience is the polar opposite - I've had updates before and after, even just to say sorry it's taking so long (4 days isn't long to me). It must very much depend on who is taking care of you.

ma2rten 10y ago

Hi, I work at Google. I am sorry for this. This should never happen. How long ago was this? I can try to follow up on your behalf.

thesmallestcat 10y ago
Reading people's accounts of interviewing at Google, I would never apply, and I won't cash in on the recommendations I could get from some ex/Googlers I know. Reading the submission, look how many times the candidate has to "ping" people just to keep the ball rolling. In my mind, I'd end up working with a bunch of sycophants who are willing to do that sort of thing, the same sort of people who got a thrill out of the strategy involved in applying to Ivy Leagues. Google does some great work, but man do they carry a stench.
- EmployedRussian 10y ago
  > I would never apply I guess you'll never know what (if anything) you've missed. > I'd end up working with a bunch of sycophants who are willing to do that sort of thing You are implying bad intentions where none are likely to exist. Google is a very large company, and 0.001% of candidates are bound to have suboptimal interview experience by sheer bad luck (and it's likely that you see their horror stories more than you see "I interviewed at Google, had a good experience, got hired, and now work on cool stuff with incredible coworkers" kinds of stories).
  - thesmallestcat 10y ago
    Do you work for Google? I hate that I have to ask this, but Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN, for better or worse.
    - EmployedRussian 10y ago
      > Do you work for Google? I do. I've also done 200+ interviews. > Googlers are known to come out to defend their employer on HN Well, sure. It's not because Google tells us to defend it though, but rather to state the facts as we see them.
      - thesmallestcat 10y ago
        On the other hand, I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. Horror stories come out, but few and far between due to this risk. Google's certainly not alone in having clauses like that, but the volume of Google defense on HN feels like astroturf. So that's where my cynicism comes from.
        EmployedRussian 10y ago
        > I understand that part of the employment contract is that ex-Googlers cannot bad-mouth the company. You understand this based on what? Out of curiosity, I just went through my employment agreement, and did not find any such clauses. > Horror stories come out, but few and far between due to this risk. Or due to the fact that they rarely happen (I am not disputing that they do sometimes happen). > the volume of Google defense on HN feels like astroturf. Like I said earlier, since you are dead set to never apply, you'll never find out what (if anything) you've missed.
kstenerud 10y ago
Nov 13th, 2015. It's a bit of a moot point now, though. I've since switched to remote only, left the bay area, and bought a nice log cabin in the countryside. Horses in the morning and no commute = a very happy me :)
- ma2rten 10y ago
  That sounds great!

ThrowawayR2 10y ago

> Nothing. Radio silence. No emails. No answered emails. I had ceased to exist. Actually, that seems to be the standard behavior for rejected candidates these days, at least in my personal experience. (I've seen some references calling it the "California no", suggesting that the practice is widespread.) It's really kind of annoying.

dsacco 10y ago
> the "California no" Never heard that before. That's going to be my new go-to phrase for this though.
davidjnelson 10y ago
Interview ghosting ;-)

jacekm 10y ago

I once worked for a company that is greatly respected in IT industry. While their engineers were top notch, the non-technical ones were... let's just say not so good. It was common for a recruiter to forget about a candidate (even a good one who passed the interviews!). One guy got positive reply 3 months after his interview. I imagine there may be similar mess at Google too.

eps 10y ago
Sounds like IBM from 20 years ago... except they would call to just set up a screen interview 4 months after the resume submission for a specific position.

cableshaft 10y ago

I don't think that's standard for them. I did get a phone call for my rejection from Google after my onsite, after a couple of weeks. They actually told me to study for 18 months and try again, that many people do that and get in the second time. Yeah....sorry, I can't afford to study for 18 months straight for a job. I've actually had Google recruiters get back in touch with me a few times since then, but I wasn't ready to go through the gauntlet again. Maybe if I didn't have to study like a madman for at least a month beforehand to even have a chance.