PayPal is taking too long
Nov 29, 2021
15 Comments
I had an interview for a PM position out of the Chicago office. Had 7 virtual interviews in total. All went well. Had my last interview with the hiring manager and she said that I would hear back next week with an answer.
Fast forward 3 weeks and still no answer. I reached out to the recruiter and got no answer on the third attempt the recruiter called me and said I was their top candidate and they are waiting for approval for the headcount it might just take some time. I'm just trying to understand. How could it take so long to get an approval? It's been over two months since this process started.
TC now: 85k
YOE:9
PayPal TC: TBD
comments
There are a million reasons why headcount gets stalled, some of which are just dumb big company nonsense.
Or Google’s guess might be right and they’re stringing you along, although generally a seasoned recruiter won’t say you’re the top candidate when you’re not — they’ll do some other hand waving in those cases.
You can let the recruiter know that PayPal is your first choice but you need to know if you should keep interviewing… see if you can suss-out what’s really going on.