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I went through a ~2-3 month interview process with google at the end of which they said "You did great, it looks like we will have an offer to you tomorrow" Th
by phlux 16y ago
I went through a ~2-3 month interview process with google at the end of which they said "You did great, it looks like we will have an offer to you tomorrow"
The next day, I got a call from them saying "Well, unfortunately we wont be giving you an offer, because you dont have a PMP certification."
(When I went into the process, for an infrastructure PM, I stated that my lack of a PMP cert may hurt me - they said "Oh no, we don't want people to come here with a predisposition of the process they feel they need to impose on how we work" -- I was so freaking enraged over that experience.)
I was later told "You scored really well on the interview process, why not apply for another position?"
To which I only had a big FU to the whole experience.
- endtime 16y agoI had a similarly frustrating experience interviewing for an internship there. I'm very happy to be doing what I'm doing right now (CTO of a startup) but the experience with Google still left a bad taste in my mouth, and it makes me reluctant to apply to them rather than e.g. Facebook or MSFT in future.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoYeah, the latency of their hiring amazes me. I lean towards small shops, but for some reason I entertained a phone screen from them a few years ago. Well, they called me several weeks later hoping for an onsite, but I had already interviewed for, accepted, and started another position in the meantime. I don't see why they would expect anyone good to remain available long enough for them to have a chance with, unless the candidate has singled out Google as the only place they're even considering for a month if not an entire quarter.
- hga 16y agoYeah, that reminds me of my Thinking Machines experience. I later heard it took them another two tries to fill the position I was applying for, I think I heard the second guy timed out on them as well.