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You probably got the "he seems smart, but I would expect someone with this much experience to gave progressed farther in his career, no hire because no trajecto
by plonh 11y ago
You probably got the "he seems smart, but I would expect someone with this much experience to gave progressed farther in his career, no hire because no trajectory , we can't hire someone with 15 years experience at the '7 years of experience' level he interviewed at". For people who are solid contributors and not "management material", this looks a lot like ageism, but technically maybe isn't.
Now, why they want everyone at a 50K engineer company to be management material...seems ill advised.
- Phlow 11y agoObviously, I have no idea why I was rejected. If that is the case, no part of their interview tests what a lot of solid devs spend tons of their time doing in their career... solving problems. I have debugged countless problems. It's not sexy, not resume material, but it is reality. There are many, many very good devs working in smaller companies who have made a career out of getting things done. If Google isn't interested in people like that, I question that wisdom. You also can't make a determination about "management material" by simply looking at a resume and seeing "they aren't a manager". Why am I not a manager, though? Because I still love development. It doesn't mean I don't mentor people. It doesn't mean I don't hold a lot of weight in determining how we do things. I'm not really claiming ageism. I'm in my mid-30's. I'd be surprised if that was it. I do wonder if it's wise having 20-somethings interviewing people though.
- clebio 11y agoThat seems like a huge leap to a conclusion with the parent comment doesn't substantiate (without more information). Just sayin'