I was interviewing for a network project manager position with google some time ago. When I went in on the first day I was very candid with them by saying "I am very qualified for this position, but I don't have a PMP certification so I hope that isnt an issue." They said "Oh, no problem. In fact we want to bring people in who are very experienced, but are flexible to adapt to the google way of doing things - so not having a PMP cert is a plus because we dont want people to try to impose some outside process on our way."
Cool I thought!
I interviewed over a 3 month period. I was told I did very well then got a call from the recruiter in google I had been working with "Hey! Good news - it looks like we will be extending you an offer - so let me write that up and send it over to you"
I was ecstatic.
I told friends about it - but did not tell my employer - though they knew I was interviewing anyway.
I got a call the next day from the recruiter:
"I'm sorry - it looks like we will not be extending you an offer. Apparently, you don't have a PMP cert, and that is needed for this position - but you did very well on the interview, maybe you can find another position we have listed that you qualify for!"
I was LIVID.
What a waste of my time - and it was really enraging. So, yeah - Fuck your interview process google.
I never understand people who still put up with these absurdly long recruitment processes today. I don't care what your job is, if you're hiring via typical recruitment channels, you're not important enough for a good candidate to put their life plans on hold for months.
Heck, if you're not someone on the scale of Google/Facebook/Microsoft in the software industry, you're probably not important enough for me to justify doing your pet interview quiz question for half a day before I show up, unless you're going to pay me for my time to do it.
Public health warning: Zealous adherence to this bizarre mindset, where you expect that if you are negotiating with someone then both parties will take it seriously and that if you are working for someone then they will pay you, may result in abandoning applying for jobs as an employee and going freelance or founding your own business. This may lead to a much more enjoyable lifestyle than working for the kind of business that only hires people who would allow themselves to be hired that way.
I was interviewing for a network project manager position with google some time ago. When I went in on the first day I was very candid with them by saying "I am very qualified for this position, but I don't have a PMP certification so I hope that isnt an issue." They said "Oh, no problem. In fact we want to bring people in who are very experienced, but are flexible to adapt to the google way of doing things - so not having a PMP cert is a plus because we dont want people to try to impose some outside process on our way."
Cool I thought!
I interviewed over a 3 month period. I was told I did very well then got a call from the recruiter in google I had been working with "Hey! Good news - it looks like we will be extending you an offer - so let me write that up and send it over to you"
I was ecstatic.
I told friends about it - but did not tell my employer - though they knew I was interviewing anyway.
I got a call the next day from the recruiter:
"I'm sorry - it looks like we will not be extending you an offer. Apparently, you don't have a PMP cert, and that is needed for this position - but you did very well on the interview, maybe you can find another position we have listed that you qualify for!"
I was LIVID.
What a waste of my time - and it was really enraging. So, yeah - Fuck your interview process google.