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Two thoughts: 1) Larger companies get away with inefficient recruiting because they can. If the same company abuses you twice, and you go back a third time,

Two thoughts: 1) Larger companies get away with inefficient recruiting because they can. If the same company abuses you twice, and you go back a third time, what's that say about you? It certainly goes a long way to explain why they can do it. 2) If you're considering going back on an offer, or interviewing just days after starting a new job, you don't have much room to complain about bad behavior on the company's part. Perhaps another reason that Google contacts many people the same time is their heuristics. They have analyzed what good potential hires look like, and instruct their recruiters (who all use the same few online resources) to screen for it.

VLM 13y ago
Honestly I think GOOG (and some others) sometime interview people to fill time. I was contacted years ago; You want me to do what? What I wanted to ask was "what could possibly inspire you to think that has anything to do with me?" but instead I just said k thx bye. Not a effective way to hire, but a rather effective way to get focused attention. Even though I was kind of laughing, it certainly got my attention and got me thinking, which is great PR.
- mathattack 13y ago
  They're much too busy to do that. In fact they've recently shrunk the amount of interviews per candidate to free up time. The issue you're describing sounds like a recruiter that doesn't understand the subject that they're recruiting for.
gummadi 13y ago
>> Larger companies get away with inefficient recruiting because they can. I would disagree. I interviewed with MS, Google & Amazon multiple times. MS & Amazon are definitely much more organized and very prompt in following up with decision.
- mathattack 13y ago
  True. It's not all large companies. Maybe it's more accurate to say Google does because it can. It would be interesting to see if any of their recent VIP hires had similar headaches, or if this is just junior employees. As I said elsewhere, this is surprising because everyone I know there is very straightforward.

VLM 13y ago

Honestly I think GOOG (and some others) sometime interview people to fill time. I was contacted years ago; You want me to do what? What I wanted to ask was "what could possibly inspire you to think that has anything to do with me?" but instead I just said k thx bye. Not a effective way to hire, but a rather effective way to get focused attention. Even though I was kind of laughing, it certainly got my attention and got me thinking, which is great PR.

mathattack 13y ago
They're much too busy to do that. In fact they've recently shrunk the amount of interviews per candidate to free up time. The issue you're describing sounds like a recruiter that doesn't understand the subject that they're recruiting for.

gummadi 13y ago

>> Larger companies get away with inefficient recruiting because they can. I would disagree. I interviewed with MS, Google & Amazon multiple times. MS & Amazon are definitely much more organized and very prompt in following up with decision.

mathattack 13y ago
True. It's not all large companies. Maybe it's more accurate to say Google does because it can. It would be interesting to see if any of their recent VIP hires had similar headaches, or if this is just junior employees. As I said elsewhere, this is surprising because everyone I know there is very straightforward.