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They've been slow on "poaching" experienced folks as well. One person I know was offered a king's ransom to switch to Google, refused a "please stay" premium fr

They've been slow on "poaching" experienced folks as well. One person I know was offered a king's ransom to switch to Google, refused a "please stay" premium from the home company, and it still took half a year to walk through the door.

nilkn 6y ago
A friend interviewed with Google a few years ago and the process took well over six months before he actually got an official offer. It really is amazing how slow they are.
- solresol 6y ago
  My story: first contact December 2005, started work October 2006.
  - smcameron 6y ago
    My story: Interviewed October 2014, they wanted me to start December 2014, I pushed them to Jan 2015. My friend interviewed a week or two after me, started 1 week after me.
- mkoryak 6y ago
  Counter point: The time between my on site interview and hire date was 1 month and 1 day. I skipped the phone interview so the time from initial referral to offer was under a month. Having an internal reference may have helped, as did the fact that I told them I was actively interviewing and had offers.
  - seanmcdirmid 6y ago
    Similar experience here. Having internal references seems to be very useful, not just for skipping the phone interview but for getting through the hiring committee. My start day is exactly one month after my interview, but even then that is because I put it back a week.
  - fergie 6y ago
    Does anybody get hired for SWE positions at Google _without_ an internal referral? When I was interviewing there 6 or so years ago I was under the impression that you, in practice, had to have an insider vouch for you.
    - smueller1234 6y ago
      The only internal reference I had was a distant acquaintance who - as they said themselves - just submitted one that basically read "don't know them much but they don't seem to be a jerk". So you can absolutely get hired in engineering without internal references. (I'm also on a hiring committee myself.)
      - donalhunt 6y ago
        When I got hired back in 2004 that was pretty much the bar (helped that I knew how to fix servers I suspect too)!! :)
    - fnayr 6y ago
      I was hired last year without a reference. I just submitted a resume to the careers page.
  - rubidium 6y ago
    Sure, but my Fortune 500 employer takes 2-3 weeks to do that on average. Longer only if the new hire needs longer to unwind from prior commitments.
Rebelgecko 6y ago
That seems longer than typical. From my first phone call with a recruiter to my first day of work was less than 4 months, and that includes me intentionally delaying my interview until after the holiday season, giving the job I left more than the standard 2 weeks notice, and my Google start date being pushed back due to the coronavirus situation

nilkn 6y ago

A friend interviewed with Google a few years ago and the process took well over six months before he actually got an official offer. It really is amazing how slow they are.

solresol 6y ago
My story: first contact December 2005, started work October 2006.
- smcameron 6y ago
  My story: Interviewed October 2014, they wanted me to start December 2014, I pushed them to Jan 2015. My friend interviewed a week or two after me, started 1 week after me.
mkoryak 6y ago
Counter point: The time between my on site interview and hire date was 1 month and 1 day. I skipped the phone interview so the time from initial referral to offer was under a month. Having an internal reference may have helped, as did the fact that I told them I was actively interviewing and had offers.
- seanmcdirmid 6y ago
  Similar experience here. Having internal references seems to be very useful, not just for skipping the phone interview but for getting through the hiring committee. My start day is exactly one month after my interview, but even then that is because I put it back a week.
- fergie 6y ago
  Does anybody get hired for SWE positions at Google _without_ an internal referral? When I was interviewing there 6 or so years ago I was under the impression that you, in practice, had to have an insider vouch for you.
  - smueller1234 6y ago
    The only internal reference I had was a distant acquaintance who - as they said themselves - just submitted one that basically read "don't know them much but they don't seem to be a jerk". So you can absolutely get hired in engineering without internal references. (I'm also on a hiring committee myself.)
    - donalhunt 6y ago
      When I got hired back in 2004 that was pretty much the bar (helped that I knew how to fix servers I suspect too)!! :)
  - fnayr 6y ago
    I was hired last year without a reference. I just submitted a resume to the careers page.
- rubidium 6y ago
  Sure, but my Fortune 500 employer takes 2-3 weeks to do that on average. Longer only if the new hire needs longer to unwind from prior commitments.

Rebelgecko 6y ago

That seems longer than typical. From my first phone call with a recruiter to my first day of work was less than 4 months, and that includes me intentionally delaying my interview until after the holiday season, giving the job I left more than the standard 2 weeks notice, and my Google start date being pushed back due to the coronavirus situation