Google NYC - no team match since March :((((
Hey there, So I interviewed in March at Google NYC and heard that there are NO head count at that time. l so I gave Bay area as other option. Its been 3+ months now and its June. I am still hoping for headcount to be up at least at MTV OR NYC. Have been asked to wait more. Any clue if this is gonna work out? PS: I have been told to team match BEFORE hiring committee review. I am afraid if this wait will ever get over and if I would see the bright light of Google’s offices with a huge YES for me?! I had an amazing interview. I recall one of my interviewer asking me that Google hopes I choose Google over other companies. But now I am left with only wait, very long wait. And there’s no guarantee. Its unpredictable. Its weird. I am clueless. Dear experts, Please help!
What level were you offered? No one is getting T3 matches lately.
I am not sure of that either as Have been told that its the decision of hiring committee bro. Have around 2.5 yrs of work ex
2.5 yoe is probably T3 scoped, so that's the problem. Why don't you try looking at other companies. This isn't 2003 anymore... Google is just one of many good companies now.
Did you get system design interview? If not likely L3.
No bro. No system design. Waiting still:((
Well, just interview elsewhere and forget about Google for now. Besides if you haven’t passed HC yet, so there’s no guarantee that you’ll get an offer anyway. Good luck!
Interview elsewhere and use your Google competitive offer to get a good offer there. If by then Google comes around, great. If not, you still have a decent place to go to.
Thing is, he doesn’t have an offer yet as he hasn’t passed hiring committee.
I see. Still, no harm in interviewing around. If he's good enough to get to this point in Google, he's good enough to do so at MS/Amazon/Salesforce/Tableau and the like. Can't just sit on your hands and let your future be in someone else's hands, especially when they have no sense of urgency.
Something wrong with ur recruiter or interview. I got a dozen matches in 3 days at L4 in mtv.
He’s L3.
Not sure what is the thing. Its a big black box to me bro. How should I go ahead no clue:(((
Bro that sucks bro
Crying:(((
@howlong lol me too, but for a different reason
One of my friend had a similar experience (L3) recently and he reached out to hiring managers through his friends at Google. Found a match and informed the recruiter. Finally, he got the official offer. That said, it helps if you have good competing offers and let your recruiter know that you're ready to walk out of the process/offer. They usually move you ahead in the queue in those cases. If you're very confident about the interviews, push your recruiter to send the packet to HC before team match. HC approved packets typically have higher chances of team match. Also, you could then use the offer as leverage at other companies.
Bro I asked recruiter if we can push it to HC. But have been told that its the new process and they need to get a team match and cannot go to HC before that
Don't think it is true. I went through the process last month and had the choice to do team match before or after the HC.
Too many new grads saturating the market.
From your experience any clue when market shall be back to normal?
"Normal" is not clueless undergrads earning 200k
Similar to what other folks are saying, I would interview elsewhere. Getting an offer from another company will give you leverage to skip certain steps. Also, it’s just good practice and intellectually fun. Personally, they were able to push my official offer through after HC but before team match because I had competing offers. Good luck!
Thanks bro!
Had the same thing. Just turned Google down last week. Was waiting since first week of April. Recruiter told me September is most likely time of new headcount. Was L4 and I had past Hiring Committee. Ask recruiter to do HC to increase your team matching chances and you’ll have a year to team match. Also check out other NYC companies that are hiring. I went with Uber
Oh September? Thats so long. :((( Responses are getting slower. :(((
So what was Uber comp for you?
Uhh dude you need to fuckin tell your recruiter to get their shit together for real.
Help bro. What should I do? I emailed recruiter. Have been asked to be patient as they can not team match at couple of preferred locations. :(( I do have some location constraints. But is this the price to pay for it? So long? :((((
I got the google L3 offer a month ago and at the time the rec told me they will definetely have a very very few head count for L3. So I was rushed for the interview and team match. I ended up declining the offer. Id recommend you to focus on other companies for now and keep poking the google rec.