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I'm with you. I was recruited by them just after the IPO. During the interview process I was also close to an offer from another company, and I mentioned this.

I'm with you. I was recruited by them just after the IPO. During the interview process I was also close to an offer from another company, and I mentioned this. I was told the process would take up to six weeks and it wouldn't change. I was then told by the recruiter that "it would be unfortunate" if I had to abandon the recruiting process because I'd gotten another job offer. I said, "unfortunate for whom? Certainly not for me." The last straw was when I found out that you don't get to meet your manager before you accept the job, or do know exactly what you'd be doing; and that was a deal killer. Your manager IS your job or certainly your happiness in it. I walked away, and have never been happier about that decision.

overgryphon 13y ago
I wonder if Google has trouble with college hires for this reason- people near the end of college are often interviewing with multiple companies at once and timing is critical. Many people I graduated with would have taken a job offer from Google over the one they accepted, but were unwilling to turn down offers from Apple, Microsoft, ect in order to wait for Google to make a decision. Only a couple of people continued the job-hunt process long enough to get a hire/no hire decision from Google.