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"making you do anything we want for days" Days? I believe the median is 5 hours. The decision may then take days... but that's not the same thing.

by Jabbles 13y ago

Nursie 13y ago
When I was talking to them I was informed the hiring process usually took around 8-9 weeks. First a screening call, then a phone interview, then sometime later an in person interview, then an evaluation day in a Google building with multiple interviews and talks with various parts of various teams, then they would let you know within a couple of weeks. Yeah, no thanks.
- freyr 13y ago
  The process may span 8 or 9 weeks, but you'd probably actively spend about 8 or 9 hours. That's a couple hours on the phone, and 5-6 hours on site. Presumably, you expect to hold the job for next few years of your life, at a minimum. If you can't budget 10 hours of your time, and you can't wait for a few weeks for an answer, it just doesn't sound like you really want to work there. Unless you're in desperate need for a job sooner... then I'd understand better.
  - Nursie 13y ago
    I was unemployed at the time (I'd just moved back to the UK and was looking for work) and didn't fancy hanging around for 2 months, so there is that. But even if I was employed I'd be looking for an out much faster. I work with 4 week notice periods (max). A two month decision process is just messing you about. --edit-- I'll add that the work sounded uninspiring, the location wasn't ideal and I was trying to go freelance/contract at the time (successful within a couple of weeks) so their goals and mine were completely misaligned...
  - sopooneo 13y ago
    Except you're effectively budgeting ten hours divided by the probability you get hired.
  - jacalata 13y ago
    I only have details for two people going through their interviews, but one of them took about 16 hours of in person time, and the other involved flying out to a different city for a day of interviews after ~6 hours of phone screening + a clusterfuckload of email time (partly due to some monumental incompetence on behalf of their HR department: when the recruiter involved left they said they had to restart the entire process).

"making you do anything we want for days" Days? I believe the median is 5 hours. The decision may then take days... but that's not the same thing.

by Jabbles 13y ago

"making you do anything we want for days" Days? I believe the median is 5 hours. The decision may then take days... but that's not the same thing.

Nursie 13y ago

When I was talking to them I was informed the hiring process usually took around 8-9 weeks. First a screening call, then a phone interview, then sometime later an in person interview, then an evaluation day in a Google building with multiple interviews and talks with various parts of various teams, then they would let you know within a couple of weeks. Yeah, no thanks.

freyr 13y ago
The process may span 8 or 9 weeks, but you'd probably actively spend about 8 or 9 hours. That's a couple hours on the phone, and 5-6 hours on site. Presumably, you expect to hold the job for next few years of your life, at a minimum. If you can't budget 10 hours of your time, and you can't wait for a few weeks for an answer, it just doesn't sound like you really want to work there. Unless you're in desperate need for a job sooner... then I'd understand better.
- Nursie 13y ago
  I was unemployed at the time (I'd just moved back to the UK and was looking for work) and didn't fancy hanging around for 2 months, so there is that. But even if I was employed I'd be looking for an out much faster. I work with 4 week notice periods (max). A two month decision process is just messing you about. --edit-- I'll add that the work sounded uninspiring, the location wasn't ideal and I was trying to go freelance/contract at the time (successful within a couple of weeks) so their goals and mine were completely misaligned...
- sopooneo 13y ago
  Except you're effectively budgeting ten hours divided by the probability you get hired.
- jacalata 13y ago
  I only have details for two people going through their interviews, but one of them took about 16 hours of in person time, and the other involved flying out to a different city for a day of interviews after ~6 hours of phone screening + a clusterfuckload of email time (partly due to some monumental incompetence on behalf of their HR department: when the recruiter involved left they said they had to restart the entire process).