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Towards the end of last year I actually did apply to Google in Mountain View for Software Engineering. I believe my on-site went excellent technically overall,

Towards the end of last year I actually did apply to Google in Mountain View for Software Engineering. I believe my on-site went excellent technically overall, but I had a hard time meshing with a couple of my interviewers and wasn't surprised about my rejection. Nothing strange about that personally. However, another Google recruiter reached out to me for two other potential positions, said I would be an excellent fit, and said they would set up the interviews for me. A couple weeks passed and I pinged, no response. A month passed and I pinged, no response. Still haven't had a response from two separate recruiters to this day. I don't wish to stir the pot -- Anything could have happened, there are some stories about Google recruiters forgetting their candidates, maybe they think I'm just annoying and not a good candidate, but in light of these specific circumstances this is certainly intriguing news.

r00fus 9y ago
This happens all the time in recruiting. Companies leave candidates hanging indefinitely. Hell, I've had it happen to me even for an internal position at a company I've worked for.
- stcredzero 9y ago
  It used to be that this was just not done. However, the Bay Area and Silicon Valley seem to have adopted much degraded standards. When I was young, a company that did such things would have been marking itself as being comprised of immoral rubes.
  - r00fus 9y ago
    Are you sure you aren't pining for a non-existent past? Or is it due to changes in recruiting practices (e.g. using mostly contract "talent partners")
    - stcredzero 9y ago
      Are you sure you aren't pining for a non-existent past? It never happened to me until I moved to the Bay Area.
bitL 9y ago
Friend of mine had setup interview at Google London, he flew in, came into the office and they completely forgot about him! :D He was just sitting there for a few hours, then left.
- stcredzero 9y ago
  In my youth, these things were simply not done. They were inexcusable. Now, people think nothing of blowing you off.
  - bitL 9y ago
    He was pretty furious; we talked before interview about how he should prepare, I gave him some puzzlers to solve, and after "interview" I was curious how did that go, and he was like: "they completely forgot about me!" :D He now works for their competitor.
    - ddorian43 9y ago
      Bing ?
JohnTHaller 9y ago
Apparently all the large technical companies do this. I had this happen after I did 2 phone interviews with one of the big silicon valley tech companies after their recruiters called me for 3 years. They had a position they were interested in me for specifically but were waiting for the manager to get back from leave. Said they'd call when she was back. Didn't hear anything. Months later got a call asking how it went and if I was still interested. Told them I'd never heard anything and was still interested. Never heard back again. I've had friends say Twitter is the worst at this, followed by Google, then Facebook. Amazon, too. It's the nature of using so many different recruiters. My friends have said that the companies all seem to treat potential candidates badly and you only get the job if you pro-actively call back again and again and again.
- alecco 9y ago
  > you only get the job if you pro-actively call back again and again and again Seems like a way to filter for people with low market value.

r00fus 9y ago

This happens all the time in recruiting. Companies leave candidates hanging indefinitely. Hell, I've had it happen to me even for an internal position at a company I've worked for.

stcredzero 9y ago
It used to be that this was just not done. However, the Bay Area and Silicon Valley seem to have adopted much degraded standards. When I was young, a company that did such things would have been marking itself as being comprised of immoral rubes.
- r00fus 9y ago
  Are you sure you aren't pining for a non-existent past? Or is it due to changes in recruiting practices (e.g. using mostly contract "talent partners")
  - stcredzero 9y ago
    Are you sure you aren't pining for a non-existent past? It never happened to me until I moved to the Bay Area.

bitL 9y ago

Friend of mine had setup interview at Google London, he flew in, came into the office and they completely forgot about him! :D He was just sitting there for a few hours, then left.

stcredzero 9y ago
In my youth, these things were simply not done. They were inexcusable. Now, people think nothing of blowing you off.
- bitL 9y ago
  He was pretty furious; we talked before interview about how he should prepare, I gave him some puzzlers to solve, and after "interview" I was curious how did that go, and he was like: "they completely forgot about me!" :D He now works for their competitor.
  - ddorian43 9y ago
    Bing ?

JohnTHaller 9y ago

Apparently all the large technical companies do this. I had this happen after I did 2 phone interviews with one of the big silicon valley tech companies after their recruiters called me for 3 years. They had a position they were interested in me for specifically but were waiting for the manager to get back from leave. Said they'd call when she was back. Didn't hear anything. Months later got a call asking how it went and if I was still interested. Told them I'd never heard anything and was still interested. Never heard back again. I've had friends say Twitter is the worst at this, followed by Google, then Facebook. Amazon, too. It's the nature of using so many different recruiters. My friends have said that the companies all seem to treat potential candidates badly and you only get the job if you pro-actively call back again and again and again.

alecco 9y ago
> you only get the job if you pro-actively call back again and again and again Seems like a way to filter for people with low market value.