A Wretched Google Interview Experience

Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience by washedup on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:17PM (#6245520)

I feel for your friend. I went through two phone interviews, flown to Mountain View for all day interviews, and was told by the team that they wanted to hire me, but first my candidate packet had to be reviewed by three different hiring committees. I made it through the first two, but in the third hiring committee I was turned down because my GPA was not at the new 3.7+ hiring guideline.

I was heartbroken, and I am sure other people have experienced the same thing.

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Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience by nilkn on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:25PM (#6245572)

I thought the GPA requirements were done away with a while ago?

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Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience by VladRussian2 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @03:17PM (#6245922)

> three different hiring committees.

Hiring by committee :)

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Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience by api on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @03:18PM (#6245928)

Same exact thing here. Overall the experience was okay, but I ended up getting mixed signals at the end. Yes? No? Huh?

Was never asked about GPA. I have no idea why the "no" in committee, but I get the impression that they approve more people than they hire. Moral of the story is probably that the initial approval is not a yes but it just means you passed the technical test.

I have mixed feelings. Would have been a cool place to work, but there are lots of alternatives.

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Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience by washedup on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @04:55PM (#6246491)

Yea, I agree with you. "Yes" to "you are able to work here" but no "you're hired!"

I don't care about it anymore, but 5 years ago when this was my first job prospect out of school, I was really excited.

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