Lost motivation with Google interview process (ux design)

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Sep 25, 2021 30 Comments

Just sharing an experience that I would have found interesting at least;

Google recruiter reached out 4 months ago, I thought why not give it a shot for the experience and great if a better opportunity comes up.

Went through the whole thing and finally hear the result of a down level offer with TC about $50k less than current. Awkward call as recruiter continues to maintain excitement sharing offer details, felt bad for both of us.

Recruiter suggests appealing with some extra design examples for HC to reconsider L5 offer instead of L4 as approved - I agreed quietly dreading the idea of gathering and polishing yet more portfolio stuff, because HC can only gauge so much from offline browsing of my presentation deck outside of the context of the presentation..

Meanwhile, another interview process (non faang, not going to name here) wraps up and the offer is great, so I’m now weighing up just accepting that vs prolonging the Google process in the hope for a competitive offer. I wouldn’t give it a second thought if it wasn’t Google but I think it’s diminishing returns at this point. It’s an anti climactic end to a long mysterious process.

I’d read many stories here about the famous Google downlevel, so here’s one more :)

#design #interviews #ui/ux

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  • Amazon
    😊 hi

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    😊 hi
    Yeah, it sucks! How many years of experience?
    Sep 25, 2021 3
  • Unity
    AoQu07

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    AoQu07
    TC?
    Sep 25, 2021 4
  • Box
    fG30sA

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    fG30sA
    Google lowballs everyone and takes ages to get you an offer. To me that indicates they really don't value you or your time. Search through here to find at least a dozen threads with the same story to pre-empt the G lifers who will say this isn't typical.
    Sep 27, 2021 2
    • Amazon
      yVSc71

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      yVSc71
      OP
      Yep, I’ve seen multiple threads here and have friends in real life who have had the same experience. I knew this up front so not shocked, and still think it was a worthwhile experience for my own knowledge.

      Overall I get the impression they’re in the business of keeping a steady production line of candidates flowing and have uniquely high confidence in their brand appeal - and with so many people happy to sign up, they can afford to throw out crappy offers without caring much about successfully hiring.
      Sep 27, 2021
    • SAP
      Sanscomic!

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      Sanscomic!
      After a few years all they’ll have left is crapy candidates and employees and the good quality designers will leave eventually because they know how much they are worth outside. Google is a brand of vest and rest now
      Sep 27, 2021
  • Google
    UWOM24

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    UWOM24
    Take the higher offer
    Sep 25, 2021 0
  • GE
    birdee

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    birdee
    Thanks for sharing. Have you tried negotiating the offer (without targeting an higher level)? You can simply ask if it’s their final offer or tell them what you would accept. Or you can hold on to the offer until you have the other one and then negotiate.
    Sep 25, 2021 2
    • Amazon
      yVSc71

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      Not yet, I didn’t have a competing offer when we spoke and I was a bit fixated on the level at the time as it was the first time I’d heard any real feedback. I’ll let them know the latest status now and see what they say. This experience has pissed me off a bit though, I’ve used the same presentation with other places (FB and Amazon) and had nothing like this feedback so I suspect it’s a combination of the flawed HC process + Google’s starting point of lowballing which in some ways feels shittier than a swift ‘nope’.
      Sep 25, 2021
    • GE
      birdee

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      birdee
      I understand the feeling. I know many excellent designers who got down leveled there. Some had competing offers that were much better. Good luck with your search!
      Sep 25, 2021