3 months ago: - a L6 engineering manager and professional acquaintance contacted me on LinkedIn for a SWE position at Google that fits my profile. I applied using the referral link and an active channel specialist reached back on the same day to set up an onsite. Then nothing. No news. 2 months ago: - referrer tried to figure out why it was so slow. Another recruiter contacts me to set up an onsite. I give my preferences, in 2 weeks time. Then no news again. Before the holidays: - Same recruiter contacted me again. Trying to set a time for the onsite, in February this time. Wtf??? Note that I passed HC 2/2 times already. Once for a internship and the second time for new grad 4 years ago. TC: 260k, 3yoe. Leetcode problems solved: 600+, because I've been waiting for godamn 4 months to do this interview. Your first contact to onsite time:
It's not just you. Google's recruitment organization is the DMV of Google.
It's always been like this
How long did you take to solve 600 LC ?
It has always been a mess, for me, it took them 6 months from initial phone to offer letter and that was many years ago.
Jesus, I guess I got lucky last time. It only took them 2 months from start to finish to give me a L3 offer a few years ago!
Over hyped
Agree. 4 months for me. From first contact to offer - 6 months. Now almost 1+ month for visa processing (mainly internal process).
Tell them you have an offer with another large tech company. They'll bump you up
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It is a mess but they can afford to be messy. They are not short of people who are applying
I don't get the point of a referral then, if it takes more time with a referral than without.