I've heard stories of professors getting letters in the mail from RenTech totally out of the blue. They pay so well that I'm surprised they even accept applications. Don't feel too bad about not passing their bar. What they've accomplished is essentially unheard of, and believed to be impossible by a lot of market theorists.

If it makes you feel better, my CV isn't even good enough to get a FAANG interview..

Really?

Google harasses anyone with a live linkedin profile.

Getting to an onsite interview is a different matter though.

I know 3 people at google, all senior, either SE or people managers.

None had brilliant academic records.

One took almost 10 years to finish his sociology adjacent undergrad.

He's the most "successful" and has been there for almost 15 years, 10 in the states.

The others have been there for like 5.

Make of this info what you wish...

I forgot to say, none were technically amazing, just good, one not even that but not awfull either.

None had impressive intelligence either.

I worked at Apple as a college dropout, and got an offer from Google I didn't accept also as a dropout.

Both of them only really cared more about work history and my ability to solve whiteboard problems. Pretty much all the interviews ended up "what's another clever way to use a hashmap?"