I applied for a Data Scientist role at G using a referral from someone working at G for 4+ years. Before applying, I thoroughly read through the job description for all the DS roles at G, then selected one & applied to this because my profile meets every line of the “preferred qualifications” section of the job description. Just received a cliche email from recruiter that “we carefully reviewed your background and experience, and decided not to move forward.” HOW TO GET AN INTERVIEW FROM GOOGLE? TC: Goldman offer (115k base, 35k sign on, 20% bonus) YOE: 0 (MS grad)
You need luck.
^^^ This!! I remember applying to Google at least 20 times during and after college yet some friends just apply and get calls easily.
This is why I chuckle to myself when people of Blind say getting good grades and Master's degrees are worthless. Simple minds have a hard time figuring out the criteria for selecting a candidate can be vast.
On the similar lines, I used to think school names matter too for big companies. I am from a no name school but then got DS offers from Walmart, JPMC, Goldman. Probably school names matter for FAANG, not sure. CGPA does matter for companies like Goldman: they didn’t check my Python, SQL, ML they just looked at my CGPA, team skills and general attitude while rejected my classmates having 3+ YOE with less GPA.
Join Amazon (easiest FAANG). Then join Google after few years.
Got myself referred at Amazon for multiple very relevant roles by 6 people, including a director and an HM, in last 4 months, but not working. Recruiters are gods.
More specifically, easiest FAANG to get into. Might not be the easiest FAANG to stay for long 🤣😭 But yes this is good advice. G recruiters generally skip the phone screen for people from any other FAANG including Amazon. Plus take the high TC for a while while you let your resume marinate in FAANG goodness.
Dude it's totally luck and try it other way , like reach out to recruiter yourself, once you apply to new grad you are the least priority in queue , i was overqualified for the interview, like can take interviews in sleep but still with achivement i didn't get interviews, i got it months later i crack it
Congrats dude! You applied for grad role or experienced one? I used to reach out recruiters 4 months back then realized 1 of 40 recruiters respond back. After that, I started reaching out to DS Managers or Sr DS. I text only 5 people and usually 1 or 2 are willing to refer. That’s good rate.
Grad rolę but i was little experienced still was not getting interview but nowadays they are hiring a lot but their general preference is experienced candidate, as they can low ball them easily and get away with cheap spending. Trust me i would advice you to not apply for L3 , always apply for L4 , better for later switching, better for salary growth as L4 new hire will get much more than the promoted
Luck
I had applied to Workday too for a new grad role last week with a referral from someone working there for 4+ years. Applied at 1 am and got rejection email at 6 am same day. What’s the use of referral 🤷♂️
Solid exp or big names are required if luck is not your side..
These days you likely need all 3.
I’d wager a human didn’t ever look at your application. You probably didn’t make it through the goofy initial keyword screening.
Oh, but I got the email from a human (or may not be human just looks by name). I thought the benefit of a referral is at least your application will be viewed by a human
I think you still get screened by whatever software they use - I’ve had applications with a referral not result in an interview before for jobs that I was uniquely qualified for. The big companies get thousands of applicants for each job, they really have to do some type of screening before an actual person takes over. On the hiring/interview side of things, we would only get whatever pile of resumes HR deemed “good” - anything that didn’t make it through that we wouldn’t even know about.
Maybe 0 yoe 🤔
Could be, because a lot of MS grads have some experience, unlike me. Doesn’t mention in job description tho
Your resume needs stronger drafting
Resume is fine as most people I reach out to for referral appreciate it and are willing to refer. Had refined it over last 8 months
So, you are 100% qualified, have a referral, and your resume is fine. It must be Google then
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