Re:Ask HN: How long does it take to get hired at Google?
by cperciva on Sunday March 27, 2011 @05:34AM
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Back in 2006, I sent my CV to a googler on July 4th, got an email from a recruiter on July 14th, and had my phone screen on the 21st. On the 26th I got an email saying they wanted to fly me down for an interview; on August 7th I had my on-site interviews (Google wanted it to be earlier than that, but I was busy the previous week).
It then took another month before I had an offer (and a few weeks after that before I decided that I really wanted to work on Tarsnap instead); I was told at the time that they normally moved faster than that.
So if it really does take 6 months to get an interview with Google, either they don't like you or they've slowed down a lot over the past 5 years.
It then took another month before I had an offer (and a few weeks after that before I decided that I really wanted to work on Tarsnap instead); I was told at the time that they normally moved faster than that.
So if it really does take 6 months to get an interview with Google, either they don't like you or they've slowed down a lot over the past 5 years.