Rejected by Google
I was called for an on-site interview at Google. The role was Technical Solutions Engineer. The interview seemed easy and went well. After a week I got a call from the recruiter saying the team decided to go ahead with more experienced engineers. Two days later I get a call from another Google recruited asking me if I'm interested in another role which requires me to relocate to the Bay Area. The position was for Cloud Partner Integration Engineer or SRE. I told her, yes, and it's now two weeks they've just ghosted on me right now. Had sent a follow-up email a week ago, no reply. Not sure how I can improve myself to pursue such positions.
They are known to reject people just to say "Googlers take 2 or 3 attempts to make it". It's mainly because of abundance of people trying for Google.
lol no, people get better after first few interviews and realize they can do better with more prep.
Come on man! Why do you guys notoriously ask to code in Google docs or whiteboard? Do you guys really code in Google docs or white board and copy it directly in production in your day to day work? I think not. I have known people to have got turned down even though they did well with given contraints. Then why the hell would you call to reject if you are NOT allowed to give feedback? That's sadistic
^ lol
You're showing some maturity wanting to improve so I'll give you credit for that. Assuming that the new recruiter is not just swamped/dropped the ball, there's a few things you can do to improve your chances for next time.
1. Reflect on your interview and see what they were trying to screen you for. Improve on that or simply get more polished in how you communicate your past work. The roles you mentioned require leadership+confidence, so maybe the more experienced candidates brought that. 2. Since you're in the system as having gotten passed over, you'll want to come up with some talking points on why you didn't get the role (it's okay to infer possible reasons) and why you think you'd be a better fit for the newer one. It's possible your second recruiter didn't see that you had applied until after you spoke and didn't give the common courtesy to reply to your follow up. 3. Wait a bit before reapplying. Sometimes seeing a recent "do not hire" rating (<6 months) regardless of the justification is enough to make a hiring manager pass (same thing with weak resumes, if I have a stack to look at). Time is a finite resource. Why take chances?
I don't think you were rejected. If so, then you would not be considered for any other position. There is a wait period before you will be considered again. Most likely some of you scores aren't what is needed. Typically, your recruiter will tell you which ones needed more score. No they can't tell you the score or the specifics. If you scored less say in one of the coding tests and you have genuine explanation, your recruiter can arrange for another set of remote coding interviews. Speak with both your recruiters.
Make something cool and they will want you.
I did onsite for SWE and did go to HC, but couldn’t even crack phone screen for TSC role. I had way more experience as customer facing eng, so I was really surprised, but you know :p
A lot of people fail the lunch interview. May I ask what you ate? When I was onsite I did breakfast for lunch and I could tell it sunk my chances.
Can confirm. I got Asian noodles but ate with a fork and they walked me out
Lol I didn’t get any lunch. Just some coffee and snacks 😂. My interview slots were between 1-5pm.