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As someone who didn't make the cut, seeing blog posts like this or job postings from them pop up on my RSS reader really stings.
by brown9-2 16y ago
As someone who didn't make the cut, seeing blog posts like this or job postings from them pop up on my RSS reader really stings.
- ardit33 16y agonah, think of yourself as a 'false negative'. Their loss.
- matwood 16y agoUse the rejection as motivation. Go build something that Google will want and have them buy you out. You get to become an employee and they end up paying you way more for the privilege of hiring you. I look at a place like Google the same way I looked at grad school. A place to go where you can hopefully meet a co-founder :)
- apike 16y agoEven better: go build something that Google will want, then reject their buyout offer and build a profitable company. Best revenge ever.
- bane 16y agoAnd then grow to be bigger than Google, buy Google, then fire the people who rejected you.
- hugh3 16y agoAnd then achieve enlightenment and overcome petty grievances, hire back the people who rejected you, and have a big ol' group hug with them.
- pig 16y agoDon't make a $200 Billion mistake http://www.cnbc.com/id/39710609/Warren_Buffett_Buying_Berkshire_Hathaway_Was_200_Billion_Blunder http://www.cnbc.com/id/39710609/Warren_Buffett_Buying_Berksh...
- d2viant 16y agoWhat happens if you get acquired by Google? Do they still make you go through the interview process?
- strlen 16y agoIn most cases (with exception large or high profile acquisitions) they do. However, the process is much less selective (i.e., most -- but not always all -- engineers in the acquired company get an offer) then if you apply directly to Google. Those who do not get an offer get a generous severance package.
- nostrademons 16y agoI think it's more that the risk of a no-hire is spread across the whole company rather than it being less. If a potential acquisition target has a critical mass of lackluster employees, Google (and presumably other large companies) simply won't buy the company. So while the bar for you personally may be lower if the rest of your coworkers are good, the bar for you as a group is just as high or higher than individual hires.
- jpeterson 16y agoSame for me. I went through multiple rounds of on-site interviews only to be rejected in the 11th hour without any real explanation. It's especially bad when you've been there a few times and start getting familiar with the place. Won't stop me from trying again, though.
- brown9-2 16y agoThe no-details part of it is the worst part!