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Secret not mentioned: Aggressively filter applicants, so only the “best matches” even get an interview. I’ve sent 150 applications to Google in the last 4 month
by Decade 12y ago
Secret not mentioned: Aggressively filter applicants, so only the “best matches” even get an interview. I’ve sent 150 applications to Google in the last 4 months, and not a single response.
- ejk314 12y agoThey may have blacklisted your name because you're spamming them with applications. "I've left her 15 messages and haven't gotten a single response," sounds just about as crazy...
- Decade 12y agoThe problem with that comparison is that responding to job postings at Google is really fast. Once you enter your data in their system, it’s just click, tab-tab-tab, enter. It’s not like I’m spending hours every day begging for Google to give me a job. And I’d be really disappointed if all the submissions just went into the same person’s inbox. Somebody at Google should speak up if that’s the case. The way I expect Google to run, each submission just goes to that division’s hiring staff, and Google has a lot of divisions.
- poikniok 12y agoMaybe the next 150 will do it...
- Decade 12y agoOh yeah, I forgot to mention, I’m not just blindly spamming Google. For every one of those 150 applications, I looked at the job description and thought to myself, “Yeah, I can do that,” before hitting the Submit button. I have a lot of skills, and a lot of the postings are duplicates. I’m not applying to jobs that I don’t think I can do, like Strategic Negotiator for Network Content Distribution in Asia or anything like that. If you notice Thomas’ posts about Matasano, they don’t filter based on resume at all. I wish everybody did that.