Google Early Career onsite

[quaint vigil]

my recruiter is so annoying - i finished my team matching form last week and emailed them about the completion and they got back to me today asking if i finished it.

[tulip lion]

💀

crazy

[quaint vigil]

evil guy man

i just want my offer so i can relax and spend time with the fam

[tulip lion]

i feel ya

lets hope he figures it out asap

[quaint vigil]

i think hes just a bad recruiter which sucks since its really making my experience poor - took 6 weeks to respond to my onsite interviews..

[tulip lion]

hes prolly new to the field, we gotta work with what we got

[quaint vigil]

im just being ansty cuz i dont want roles to fill up in my preferred locations and be a sitting goose

[tulip lion]

yeah that def would suck

try calling him and discuss this with him

i m sure he will understand and try to make it work

[quaint vigil]

i just got his email and no number :/

[tulip lion]

atleast spam some emails

[quaint vigil]

yeah been doing onc a week

im just gonna try getting offers elsewhere and hopefully that makes him speed up his efforts

[tulip lion]

make it once a day

or once 2-3 days

[tulip lion]

just say you have other pendings offers, they wont ask for proof if anything

[quaint vigil]

pretty smart...hmmmm

thanks i appreciate the advice

[tulip lion]

🫡

[ancient sorrel]

hey bro after onsite did ur rec ask for ur resume and transcript

[quaint vigil]

transcript, resume, and filling out a doc about my previous work exp

[flint anvil]

yo im kind of in the same boat

i said "DC, NYC, any location" - hoepfully i didn't goof

[tulip lion]

any location is a huge plus

[flint anvil]

yeah IDK why i filled it out the way i did

i don't even think DC has early careers positions although it was listed as an option

NYC is very hard as well

aw fack
should have gone with bay area.

IDK just kinda anxious
haven't heard back from my recruiter

https://tenor.com/view/its-been84years-titanic-rose-dawson-gif-5372593

[tulip lion]

bay area is included in any location so dw

[brisk belfry]

why not VA office?

[flint anvil]

not an option

but actually i kinda regret it

my parents got mad at my choices

i dont even think DC is listed for the 2025 early careers page

[brisk belfry]

i thought reston has an office there?

[flint anvil]

i mean on the gMatch form

[brisk belfry]

why? Too far away?

[flint anvil]

this area kinda sucks though
so i wish i didn't put it in as an option

[flint anvil]

yeah

i told them that DC and NYC spots were essentially nil, which only made them more mad

[brisk belfry]

Where are you tho

[fluid cargo]

idk you could email your rec and ask to change the location prefs?

[tulip lion]

you can if you dont find any team for a while

[flint anvil]

i put in "DC and NYC are my preferences, but i'm open to any location"

[flint anvil]

DC but this area stinks

[hot sphinx]

Hey guys, is it bad if they reschedule the onsite interviews multiple times?

I was supposed to have tomo but they cancelled 3 inteviews just now

[quaint vigil]

dont stress too much

could be internal engineering teams taking vacations cuz thanksgiving coming soon

[hot sphinx]

oh ok 😦

[stray sequoia]

Mine were cancelled 2 times. Its not ideal because the later you finish interviews, the less headcount there is

[tulip lion]

yeah for ppl interviewing in nov and dec that will be rough

even for team matching

[quaint vigil]

Man even rn I’m struggling to get teams to call me

[tulip lion]

😭

[kind umbra]

what locations are u trying to match for?

[quaint vigil]

Nyc/seattle/la

[kind umbra]

how long have u been matching?

i thought seattle la would be decent

[quaint vigil]

2 weeks - but i passed my onsite back in mid september!

my recruiter is insanely slow

[nocturne ore]

Your recruiter is cooked

[zealous lance]

Anyone in Team matching? (canada)

How long it takes to get a team?

[elfin pumice]

Think team matching can vary a lot

[tulip lion]

yes

[quaint vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-gif-24664106

gimme my job so i can sleep easy

[high linden]

Anyone in youtube pipeline who recently passed hc?

[vestal drift]

Hey @high linden after your interview how long till you hear if you pass the interview?

[high linden]

I havent heard back yet

Gave my onsites on friday last week

[hot sphinx]

hey guys.. for the onsite coding interviews. can we ask the interviewers directly for hints? or ask them directly to help us if we get stuck?

[nocturne ore]

yeah but you'll get docked points

[slate tulip]

hi y'all, i submitted my gmatch form - although i am not sure if i have passed HC or not - my recruiter won't tell anything - just that TM is the last stage of process. My referrer can see on their portal - "HC review complete"

also, i filled the form wednesday last week - how long can it take on avg to hear back from potential matches? apologies if its a repeated question

[slate tulip]

can't say anything for sure - but given the amount of ppl who have been in the onsite/HC/TM pipeline with the 2024 start date - it might be a bad sign

hopefully it gets resolved

[flint anvil]

i have that too, apparently it means you have passed it

[slate tulip]

hm okay, i hope thats the case lol

[flint anvil]

i'm in the same position as you CSNOOB, i got asked for my ID as well

[slate tulip]

no ID for me yet, just the HC packet, followed by TM form

have you set up any TM calls?

[vestal drift]

I would not ask for hints directly but yes indirectly, like oh what I would like to do is loop over the array and get the index and if it is equals to the target then split the string by the " " and save it into the dictionary, but dont quite remember how to split the string. so like that they know what is your train of thought and they also know what you are talking about but just forgot something. Makes sense?

[kind umbra]

what locations did you put?

[slate tulip]

Cali and seattle

[kind umbra]

i think u should be fine just have to be patient

from what i heard nyc and chicago hc are the worst rn

[rapid saddle]

Damn just heard from my recruiter “the positions for New York and Cambridge are very limited right now and there is a low chance to find a role for you there”

[slate tulip]

what locations did you fill?

[rapid saddle]

Just those two lmao

[kind umbra]

^ literally just got an email too

[rapid saddle]

They asked me if I could work out of the Bay Area but I am actually probably going to say no to that

[slate tulip]

when did you fill the TM form?

[rapid saddle]

On the 25th

[fluid cargo]

Has anyone else noticed that their recruiter will only respond to them or update them on a specific day of the week?

[tulip lion]

depends on the recruiter

they are busy ppl too

[solar arch]

how long does it take to hear back about team matching calls? I was told I was in TM on Oct 17th but havent gotten anything since, other than being asked for ID verification

[quaint vigil]

im still waiting and i been waiting since first week of october

[slate tulip]

damn bruh 😭

[quaint vigil]

im in pain

[slate tulip]

what locations and technical areas did you fill

[flint anvil]

paul, have you asked your recruiter for an udpate

[quaint vigil]

last week lmao very passive aggresive

[flint anvil]

whoa holy smokes

[quaint vigil]

I will 1v1 this man in smash for a job

[zealous lance]

Who here is in Team Matching for Canada? Please reply below with how long you've been in Team Matching and how many calls you've received

[zealous lance]

he or she?

[quaint vigil]

Why does it matter

[nocturne ore]

lmao gottem

[slate tulip]

been a week since I filled TM form - no updates

[quaint vigil]

just be patient innnit

[nocturne ore]

Nah, y'all must have put the worst possible locations.

[solar arch]

I put Bay Area, Seattle, NY

[flint anvil]

i put DC💀, NYC, any location

so hopefully that should leave the door open

[quaint vigil]

alaska

[zealous lance]

Bro

My rec is not replying

[still stone]

How long does it usually take to hear back after interviews? I interviewed on the 14th of Oct and still waiting to hear back

[zealous lance]

Anyone else’s rec not replying (after gmatch form) ?

[slate tulip]

i just feel there are a lot of ppl in the TM pipeline - hence the delays

[slate tulip]

I gave mine on 11th

You should reach out to your recruiter

[still stone]

Did you already hear back from interviews?

[tulip lion]

2 weeks typically

[still stone]

I emailed rec on Monday but no response yet, im not sure if theyre just rly busy

[nocturne ore]

like csnoob said, the pipeline must be clogged or something

This is why people said they would spend 6 months in google team match phase (/s)

[quaint vigil]

Or a year!!!

[slate tulip]

;-;

[solar arch]

How long do they hold our profiles for if we're not getting any matches at all? I know our status stays valid for 12 months but is that only if we get matches?

[rapid saddle]

honestly at this rate idk if they’ll have an offer ready by December 2024 (purported start date) lol

[slate tulip]

yeah

[tulip lion]

even if u fail to match ur status valid for 1 year

u can go for round 2 after 6 months

if u dont match

[solar arch]

Wdym by round 2?

[fluid cargo]

yup ghosted all of a sudden

[tulip lion]

if you fail to get matched u wait 6 months and then do matchings again

[solar arch]

Gotcha.not bad then

[elfin pumice]

😳 those are my top two locations as well.
Curious, are you early career experienced or campus?

[elfin pumice]

Are you early career campus or experienced ?

[kind umbra]

campus

[rapid saddle]

I’m experienced

[flint anvil]

Have Google cloud security call coming up

Anybody familiar?

[slate tulip]

did you finally get a match? congrats!

[flint anvil]

Think so

[zealous lance]

Yo

My rec is not replying
Its almost 2 weeks
I emailed her twice within these 2 weeks

Should i email candidate support?

I am in Team matching phase

[tulip lion]

thats so weird bro why would they not reply

[tulip lion]

idk if they have one but yeah try something like that

[zealous lance]

She was super responsive and supportive

Idk why suddenly she stopped responding

[quaint vigil]

Mine has always been unresponsive

Just wait it out

[zealous lance]

How’s your application going?

@quaint vigil

[quaint vigil]

I finished my on-site September 17 and got my team matching form in mid October 🙃 been waiting since for a team to match

[zealous lance]

Honestly

I want to beat the shit out these rec and hiring peeps

most shittiest way of hiring out of all other faangs

[quaint vigil]

It’s quite recruiter dependent- some people in this chat have had helpful and fast responding recruiters

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[slate tulip]

my rec left google lmao

[flint anvil]

Unfortunately, gang.

[rapid saddle]

^me too

[slate tulip]

did we all have the same rec??

[rapid saddle]

khoi and I did at least lol

[tulip lion]

tough bro

they will sort it out

[slate tulip]

for those who had a TM call, and got the offer, what did you talk about in the call? any prep tips?

[tulip lion]

be yourself and be fully prepared on your resume and the teams background

[flint anvil]

Thanks

[solar arch]

What kind of questions do they like to ask about your resume? Do they ask about your projects or more about prof experience?

[tulip lion]

i had no prof exp so i was asked about projects

[flint anvil]

https://www.reddit.com/r/leetcode/comments/1gkc0er/google_team_match_in_2_weeks_or_call_it_off/

[solar arch]

I sincerely hope that if that's true, our recruiters will give us that update...

[flint anvil]

I thought the policy was have them roll into 2025 headcount?

[solar arch]

Maybe they have a separate priority queue and that restrictions is specifically for those who interviewed very recently

[flint anvil]

Four weeks is really slow to hear back from an onsite, right?

Wait a minute. Are they TM first?

[solar arch]

Ohhhh if that's the case that would make sense

[fluid cargo]

ask questions to things you want to know about in none red flaggy ways.
EX: dont ask "Whats the work life balance" ask instead "How does the team approach projects? Whats the general flow / cadence?"

[quaint vigil]

https://youtu.be/fG3noON-IWo

[flint anvil]

Thanks Nelson

[fluid cargo]

for sure! I have a question bank I created. If anyone is interested DM me

[fiery ridge]

Any news on headcount for NYC, Seattle?

[flint anvil]

My TM call is actually in NYC

[fiery ridge]

noice, hopefully i get one in NYC

[vestal crag]

Hey I've been lurking this for a while now (came partly from OP's reddit post), so thanks for a lot of good advice/info

So I just got done with my onsites, and my recruiter told me that they are asking me for updated info to compile into a "packet" with a hard deadline within the next 2 days.

• Is this what you guys call HC?
• Difference between HC --> TM vs TM --> HC? I've been seeing a lot of mixed/dated interpretations about the order in which the process happens, so just needed a clarification.

[flint anvil]

that's the packet that goes to HC

sounds like you are doing HC -> TM

TM -> HC is usually if your performances are more borderline and they want a statement of support from the HM for HC

[quaint vigil]

another pokemon power user

[vestal crag]

I see, thank you. Is there any optimization at this point, or pretty much just hope for the best?

[tulip lion]

you cant optimize anymore other than your resume if u were asked for updated c

cv*

[slate tulip]

bruh I'm in US, my rec is sending me Canada teams wtf 😭

[quaint vigil]

bros tryna save u from US election (joking)

[slate tulip]

but seriously, what do i do
i told them its just not possible and my preferences were to stay in the US atleast, if not the states I wanted

[flint anvil]

isn't that more difficult than US teams?

[quaint vigil]

no TN visa makes it easy to move to and fro canada/usa/mexico for work

[slate tulip]

i thought so too, because head count is usually less in Canada

[slate tulip]

anyone else who feels they won't be matched given the deadline to start is Dec 2024 😭

I'm so 😞

[rapid saddle]

I just got two calls today, don't lose hope!

[quaint vigil]

im so anxious i been waiting since early oct man

[slate tulip]

i can relate

[solar arch]

I finally got a call, only for it to get canceled morning of 🙃

[flint anvil]

I just had my TM call, I think it went well. Has anybody else have HMs ask if this was their first match?

[tulip lion]

not mine

[slate tulip]

they asked if i had other calls pending

idk if thats imp

[flint anvil]

I have another call coming up. This time it's for Sunnyvale team, more like infrastructure/internal tools

[slate tulip]

do they schedule another call only if you didn't match w the prev one? or is it independent?

[slate tulip]

coz same, but i'd prefer the first team lol

[quaint vigil]

from what i read on blind and friends its team independant

[flint anvil]

Independent, I was told about this Sunnyvale call while waiting on the NY one.

[slate tulip]

cools

[rapid saddle]

yeah it’s independent I got sent two teams at basically the same time

[tulip lion]

HMs talk to rec, you can get multiple call at same time

[scarlet ledge]

is there a tldr for this thread? my google vo is on nov 20

[quaint vigil]

is it phone screen?

for onsite just do neetcode 150 + watch the jeff stripes vid on google behavioural - he lists some key character traits and signals that interviews look for

[scarlet ledge]

vo

what has google been asking lately, is it still dp/graph hards or else

[flint anvil]

how long did it take for you all to hear back from Team Match calls?

[quaint vigil]

dude u gotta check leetcode top asked

[vestal crag]

idk if i got rly unlucky but one of my interviewers asked me a geometry question that pretty much required knowing segment trees for the optimized approach, so make sure u know some uncommon stuff like that

[slate tulip]

whats the best way to convey to the recruiter that you liked one team more than the other (given that you're waiting for feedback from both), and also can we ask for more teams if your interests don't align much with the team ?

[waxen hornet]

any advice on how to fill out the team match form if I don't have any internship experience?

[tulip lion]

try to have it diverse and location to open

[flint anvil]

how did you all write emails after TM? I just said "im interested in this team because x"

[tulip lion]

yup thats what i did

[late jasper]

I just got HC approved, moving on to TM

[tulip lion]

lets goo

congrats

[late jasper]

lessssgooooooo

thanks chief

one foot in the door

[tulip lion]

one more to go

[frank hull]

Hey, do you have an upcoming interviews at Google? I have one too. If you like can we practice mock together?

[scarlet ledge]

you can ask your recruiter to schedule a mock for you with an actual interviewer at google

[scarlet ledge]

can you describe your interview? what types of questions/concepts/difficulty? My final is next week and I am panicking cuz I suck at dp and any medium-hard lc questions

[flint anvil]

how do you know if a manager decides not to go with you during the TM process?

[zealous lance]

haha
Following

[tulip lion]

recruiter

[flint anvil]

for those of you who were referred to Google, what does "offer review" stage mean?

[flint anvil]

i have verbal offer

[tulip lion]

prolly making the actual offer letter

it took 10 days for mine

[flint anvil]

OK sick.

[vestal crag]

nice one g

how long did team match take for you in total

[tulip lion]

1 week

3 weeks for offer letter

[flint anvil]

3 weeks to get the offer letter after being told verbal?

oh noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

actually, oh yes because resigning from my job day of would be funny AF

[quaint vigil]

u gotta make the reason mysterious - say that u are gonna become an artist

[tulip lion]

no

after team match started

mine took 10 days to get offer letter after verbal since i tried negotiating

which didnt work lol

she just waited for a while and sent the same comp, just to make me desperate and accept it

https://tenor.com/view/aizen-bleach-sosuke-aizen-perfectly-as-planned-planned-gif-7496081139900199648

[elfin pumice]

Did you end up rescheduling?

[tulip lion]

no

[brisk locust]

Anyone who got team matching in YouTube?

[flint anvil]

i wasn't under youtube but i've been seeing a lot of people get shifted from youtube to general after 2 weeks

[slate tulip]

anyone here who has not heard back the feedback from a TM call after 15 days?

[brisk locust]

Yeah, i was initially in youtube but didn’t get a team match for like 3 weeks, now moved to the general pipeline

[brisk locust]

Congrats on the verbal offer though!

[tulip lion]

@rapid saddle

not sure if it helps but have a look

[rapid saddle]

thank you!!

[brisk vessel]

Looking mock buddy for Google L4 interview.

[fiery ridge]

Anyone getting TM calls this week/next month? I'm curious about Google's hiring cycle especially since it's the end of year

Edit: Forgot to mention, I had a TM call last week. Though, unfortunately, the HM didn't move forward with my candidacy

[zealous lance]

Following

[rapid saddle]

I have one TM call today

[fiery ridge]

And I'm assuming it was last week when your recruiter reached out to you for this call?

[rapid saddle]

Yea I got the email on Thursday

[fiery ridge]

Okie, thanks!

Helpful post I found btw

https://www.reddit.com/r/leetcode/comments/1gxbkaw/google_team_matching_is_taking_a_long_time/

[quaint vigil]

How are u all getting calls

I been in this since Oct 17 and not a single call…

I know our interview results are valid for 1 year so it’s possible we can go unmatched for months on end

[zealous lance]

Location? @quaint vigil

[quaint vigil]

USA/canada

[zealous lance]

Dude tell me one
You either applied to Canadian role or US

[quaint vigil]

Gmatch form gave me options for us or Canadian locations 🤨

[zealous lance]

smh
If you are in Canada (applied to Canadian job opening)

HC for canada is exhausted

So no more TM calls

idk about US

[solar arch]

Same boat as you. I started Oct 17th and haven't had any calls yet

[quaint vigil]

Evil recruiters 😂 I know my skills and resume are relatively good I guess just bad luck

[zealous lance]

ikr

[solar arch]

Same here. My recruiter said my interview feedback was good and I know my resume isn't the problem

Who is your recruiter @quaint vigil

[quaint vigil]

Brazilian guy name starts with R

[solar arch]

Ah nvm

What do you have for experience? Mine is just frontend, so I'm thinking that's why I'm not getting calls

[quaint vigil]

I can dm u resume

Gimme a min just out

[brisk locust]

Literally same thing happened to me

[fiery ridge]

it seems that most likely, they'll push our matches for 2025 since the final day to actually get a match is Dec 2 to start for 2024

given that it's the holidays, most recruiters and HMs are prolly on vacation

let's just hope for the best next year 🤞

[brisk locust]

Yeah, it sucks

I think we are not directly supposed to reach out to the hiring managers on linkedin? Might have read somewhere this on reddit

[solar arch]

Yeah I was explicitly told not to by my recruiter

[fiery ridge]

they'll get more annoyed i think

[solar arch]

If we find openings, they don't get considered

Apparently it's to keep the process "fair"

[fiery ridge]

wait, so even if i know someone internally that wants to hire, they won't consider it?

[solar arch]

Yep

[fiery ridge]

sadge

[quaint vigil]

my recruiter just told me they finished 2024 positions

so its 2025 now

and they dont have any positions open right now

he said they will open again in january or february

[solar arch]

Is this for US, Canada, or both?

[quaint vigil]

both

[solar arch]

Pain. Good to finally have an update tho 🫠

[quaint vigil]

yeah i am furious

[zealous lance]

January please

I cant suffer for another 2 months

[quaint vigil]

he was extremely vague and said he doesnt know when roles will open up again and what those roles would be and to be patient 🙄

[brisk locust]

Idk why they are so slow about it, and expect us to just sit tight

[quaint vigil]

employer's market - they afford to be choosy and picky and take their time since talent is more desperate

[brisk locust]

I have other offers (informed my recruiter already) and i guess I have to accept them. Shouldn’t tell this to my recruiter though right?

[quaint vigil]

might as well.

u can always work at those companies and quit once u get a potiental offer at google

[kind umbra]

someone just got a tm today so...

#1296680533258010644 message

[quaint vigil]

They have finished setting up the candidates they want to interview and aren’t going to look for more people

[kind umbra]

ahhh i see

i misunderstood ur message

[solar arch]

My recruiter also just confirmed this

She said we'll start again in January

[quaint vigil]

😭 we got cooked

[solar arch]

She said there's 2-3 start dates every month, including January

I'm on copium that January will be my month

[quaint vigil]

😭 so wait until then?

[solar arch]

Yep

[quaint vigil]

My guy didn’t even tell me anything like that

Just said I can’t guarantee if a hiring manager picks u up

[solar arch]

I had explicitly asked about it. I'm in a love-hate relationship with my recruiter. I love that she tells me everything i ask and she responds fast but bro. 5 weeks. With 0 calls

[brisk locust]

Damn, thats sad af

Hopefully they still be interested in us by then

[slate tulip]

all I got was this from my recruiter:

"We'll keep working on finding other teams to match you with. "

no mention of 2024/25

[flint anvil]

what time was it sent

[slate tulip]

today lol

[glass rune]

I think we have the same recruiter lol

I had my interviews last Thursday and I haven’t heard back from him. Should I email him?

[quaint vigil]

Is his last name star with P

[glass rune]

yep, R P S

[quaint vigil]

LMAO

[glass rune]

How long did it take till you got feedback from the interviews?

[quaint vigil]

Yeah it’s hik!!!

3.5 weeks

I did interviews sept 20 and he put me in team matching on Oct 17. Ghosts for 2-3 weeks at a time when I ask him questions

[glass rune]

Holy shit, you had to wait a month to know if you passed the HC?? Lol

[quaint vigil]

Yep

I complained to google candidate support and that’s the only time I got a less than 1 day reply from him

[glass rune]

I’m screwed. I’m thinking of emailing him just to show I’m engaged in the process at least lol

[quaint vigil]

Hiring commiteee meets once a week to discuss results from interviews so it should take 1-2 weeks at most

[quaint vigil]

I been emailing him constantly…

And he doesn’t reply

[glass rune]

I messed up one of the rounds, my performance wasn’t the best.

But I have 2 yoe at aws so I’m hoping that helps

[quaint vigil]

I wanna dm a q

[glass rune]

feel free to dm me

[cyan vessel]

hi @glass rune can you please share the roadmap, I am also preparing for google interviews but don't know the roadmap of DSA questions, I have done around 400+ LC questions in the past, but don't remember everything. How to prepare I don't understand

I get stuck when I see new question of topics like graph, DP and recursion

What to do, what did you refer?

[vestal drift]

the questions are not LC questions, it's more related to your understanding of DSA.

[quaint vigil]

just do neetcode 150

[cyan vessel]

okay, thanks a lot!!

[brisk vessel]

Hi. I am preparing for google l4. I am available for DSA Mock this week. If anyone interested dm me.

[winter cloak]

Can you guys please give me advice on at least getting to the interview stage? Maybe resume review?