I have about 6 months of work experience at my first new grad job, but I’m thinking of applying to google. At the moment, they don’t have any “university grad” specific roles, so I may have to apply to the normal ones. I hear a lot about google interviewing candidates with 2+ years exp for l4 only to down level them to l3 (which is prob the only role that I can go for). Would google allow me to even interview with them for a normal position given my relatively low amount of exp? Should I wait for them to release the university graduate swe roles to stand with a chance?
You’d only know for sure if you apply. Get referrals on blind or apply directly. You lose nothing at all by applying. Everything else anyone would tell you here would be speculation.