Just saw an article that said google receives 3 million applications a year and only hires 7,000 a year. So that’s 1 in 428. Seems kind of crazy. I wonder what the ratios are at other tech companies (fang and non fangs but big names such as uber, Twitter, Salesforce, Microsoft, etc). I’m guessing googles numbers are way higher then everyone else as everyone considers it as the “dream” job but it would definitely be interesting to know how much hiring and applying is going on at these other companies.
Probably online applications go directly to trash, and they hire mostly from referred ones.
1 person can do up to 3*12=36 applications every year. So 1:428 is not at all the 'odds of getting into Google', but the odds of a specific application leading to a hire.
What are the 36, same person can apply so much during the year? Isn't there a cool down period?
Can do 3 applications every month. Cooldown only if you fail interview (and it's like 3 months). Most of the applications don't even receive an HR call.
Fwiw, I can't even get my referrals to get a phone screen. And the automated message just says they have more qualified candidates. I have stopped interviewing. Looks like I need to stop referring too.
Man I've been trying to land an interview at Google for an internship but I haven't been able to. Feels like unless you're from Stanford or whatever you stand no chance, no matter your résumé.
How many yoe are your referrals? Maybe they started to go after the "senior only" strategy like Netflix?
How many of 7 million are qualified? Since its easy to apply on the job portal and Google is a wildly popular name, this statistic does not show enough of how selective Google really is.
Why does such a silly statistic impress you?
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It’s interesting in a lot of ways. As a developer it’s a little worrisome to see such a surplus of talent wanting to take your job. Granted I work at amazon and not google so the competition isn’t as fierce but still pretty high none the less. Also it’s interesting because it seems to me that google could start paying less since they have such a high demand. They likely wouldn’t lose out on quality very much. This could trickle down to other companies as well since their demand would go up and then we all start making less. The market may have peaked :)