!process google OA

[solid barn]

What’s ur prev?

[silk sorrel]

3 research, 1 Panasonic

[neat marsh]

What's the status of your application on Portal?

like what does it show for when it is updated?

[shrewd fern]

is it for early career or ai catalyst? @silk sorrel

[silk sorrel]

Early career swe

[toxic quail]

[shrewd fern]

big w good luck

[glossy abyss]

no update sad

[warped mason]

Mine is also updated yesterday what happened yesterday lmao

[glossy abyss]

applied a new role

maybe still update last week

[hollow peak]

When did you apply?

[jolly lagoon]

I got google OA yesterday as well and applied 2 weeks ago

[hollow peak]

Did you apply with referral?

[jolly lagoon]

Nah

[mild girder]

applied 2 weeks ago no oa yet

[indigo violet]

Mine says last week

[idle notch]

i got 3 research but no work experience so I get ghosted

[silk sorrel]

1 of my exp was like a year full stack in the lab, prolly that helps?

[idle notch]

how do you frame that cause I wasn't researching a topic or anything, I was actually building a full stack project

I just put SWE Research Assistant, how are you framing it

[silk sorrel]

I just put software engineer intern

My lab is more on working w industry partner rather than writing paper, maybe that helps?

[idle notch]

i see

[silk sorrel]

Dm if I could be any help

[indigo violet]

When did ur app update

[glossy abyss]

2 backend engineer exp 1 dl research exp+paper 1 llm project

[indigo violet]

Where r u located

[glossy abyss]

New York

[visual bough]

For those of u who havent gotten oa yet, did u put nyc as the only preferred location? I feel like they count that against us

Cuz theyd rather have those willing to go to the more larger campuses

[indigo violet]

Nah

[idle notch]

nah I chose bay area

[twin vector]

I applied 5 days ago and nothing yet. Put a variety of major locations down as preferred. Ima just keep waiting. Feels too early to hear back.

[idle notch]

i am also a 2026 grad so idk if they rolling out for 2025 people first

[twin vector]

hm

maybe

I'm a Dec 2025 grad

[twin vector]

when did you apply?

[idle notch]

the day it came out

[twin vector]

damn

I didn't realize it came out until over a week passed 🥀

Google being this responsive is kinda crazy

usually they take months after applying to get back to you with an OA

at least for intern

[idle notch]

I also applied for internship and haven't heard back in 2 months 😭

[twin vector]

dw internship is a slow burn to hear back

I applied October last year and heard back January

[idle notch]

lwk just wanna get a full time job and not do masters

[twin vector]

that's the dream fr

[idle notch]

did they give you the OA?

[twin vector]

ye

[twin vector]

I would only doom about not hearing back when these process channels start to light up with OA invites and you still haven't gotten one. Cause that's usually when you know there are waves and you're missing them

but I think for now

you're chilling

intern will take a while

new grad waves are just starting

[idle notch]

yeah few people got it in the 2026 channel

[twin vector]

did you get reached out to for AI Catalyst btw?

[idle notch]

nope

[twin vector]

damn

thanks for the response tho

I wanna get a gauge of who got it and didn't and their backgrounds

[idle notch]

i am not crazily cracked like others 😭

[glossy abyss]

oh wait is that oa or google hiring assessment

[flat nest]

No google oa w referral 😭

[twin vector]

Referral doesn’t mean much anymore in the big 25

[flat nest]

Its over bro

I got 2 referrals too

Ngmi

[twin vector]

🫂

[solid barn]

same

[visual bough]

Yeah agreed. Atleast in big tech in my experience

Still clutched up a google ref from my gf lol

[twin vector]

yea referral doesn't make a difference

[visual bough]

will keep yall updated if it even helps

Also 2025 may grad

[twin vector]

the only "referral" that matters anymore is if you know like

an exec

who's willing to nepo you

but at that point it's way more than a simple referral

[visual bough]

I think its placebo at this point

[twin vector]

I'm a 2025 dec grad

did you apply to the new grad posting that opened a couple weeks ago?

[visual bough]

Yeah the 2026 early career

applied day of, maybe a few hours after it was released

Have some ft experience, dunno if thatll count against me cuz they might be hiring fresh grads?

[twin vector]

nah someone I know got OA with full time exp

idk if it does indeed count against you but he's just too cracked for it to matter or smth

but I'm thinking no it doesn't count against you

[visual bough]

yeah.. hope rainforest company doesnt count against me 😂 maybe they dont want to hire the wrong culture

[glossy abyss]

someone get reachout？

[indigo violet]

Any updates bro?

[glossy abyss]

nope

[indigo violet]

Broo

We haven’t been rejected yet so there’s hope

[glossy abyss]

i think ghosted worse than reject

[indigo violet]

Didn’t our app atleast get reviewed though?

[idle notch]

yeah google will reject you they don't just ghost

[indigo violet]

Was ur portal updated again after you applied?

[idle notch]

yeah it changed a couple of times

i would assume that means they checked your profile and are still considering you

[indigo violet]

Yea no rej yet so there’s hope

[twin vector]

google ghosts people who don't make it to proc

if you get resume rejected you won't know until they remember you exist months down the line 💀

if you make it to proc, they'll reject you once the feedback is in

[twin vector]

perhaps

it also updates whenever you apply to a new position (or an application is put in your name by a recruiter)

[indigo violet]

Then why would they update it instead of rejecting

[twin vector]

they just don't idk

I got resume rejected by them a couple times before

both times happened several months after I applied

like closer to a year

[idle notch]

https://tenor.com/view/bee-honey-bee-gif-648090940468114108

[indigo violet]

@idle notch gave me some hope

[idle notch]

we cope that google wants us

https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

[twin vector]

we got this trusttt

did any of y'all interview for google before?

or get the catalyst reachout?

if so, then google definitely wants you in some capacity

just gotta believe

[twin vector]

another copium you can have if you did this is Google tends to reinterview people for similar roles when they apply again. Unsure what the correlation for intern -> ng is tho

[solid barn]

thought it was ics server for a sec

[twin vector]

no just google cope

[solid barn]

need google proc badly

good thing u have ai catalyst

[twin vector]

I won't believe it until I get first round interview

or OA if they do that for catalyst

but the info sesh implies no

I think it just goes into interview rounds

reachout is one thing

but you can still get screened if you're just ass

and the automated reachout selection system made a mistake

(me)

[idle notch]

nah trust it'll happen

[twin vector]

I’m gonna keep praying bro

You better stick with me too

[idle notch]

i am praying each night before sleep to get an offer before winter break bro

i need that shiii

[twin vector]

Every night I’m praying I’ll either get a ng OA or catalyst round 1 when I wake up

Midterm tmr tho

So for tonight I pray I don’t fail

[idle notch]

lmaoo

what class

[twin vector]

Tmr night I go back to praying for Google

Computational geometry

[idle notch]

164?

[twin vector]

Yea

I forgot we go to the same school LMAO

[idle notch]

gl brutha

[idle notch]

lol

[twin vector]

Tyty I think ima pass

Hopefully

[indigo violet]

R u 2025 grad?

[indigo violet]

Tf is that

Good luck!🍀

[twin vector]

Convex hulls, linear programming, triangulation, all sorts of cool stuff

[indigo violet]

[idle notch]

nope, 2026

[indigo violet]

Bro my app is saying it’s updated last month

It’s been 1.5 weeks

[glossy abyss]

no oa?

[indigo violet]

Nope

It got updated it a few days after I applied

[twin vector]

We must keep coping bro

[indigo violet]

Indeed

[idle notch]

Mine says updated last week

I need this OA more than anything rn bro

[glossy abyss]

someone get the oa yesterday

hope we can get

[twin vector]

we got this twin

[twin vector]

we got thissss

I need either this or catalyst r1

[glossy abyss]

idk google’s process

[twin vector]

non-auto recruiter call
non-auto OA
virtual interview
on-site interview (in-person this year)
team match hell
offer

[idle notch]

me tooooo

[indigo violet]

[twin vector]

We got this

[glossy abyss]

thank you i need oa

[idle notch]

Where tf is my OA

[twin vector]

tmr morning we get OA and/or AI Catalyst r1

trust

[idle notch]

trust ain't trusting rn

[twin vector]

raaah dw

we will get it

tmr

morning

[indigo violet]

Guys I got the OA….

[twin vector]

Goatttt

[indigo violet]

(In my dreams)

[glossy abyss]

sad

[glossy abyss]

no oa //..//

[twin vector]

Me neither

[glossy abyss]

im not sure im stay alive in system

[visual bough]

I think i cooked myself by putting only nyc as preferred loc

[glossy abyss]

i open all location

[solid barn]

no oa applied w referral just when it opened

[twin vector]

dw tacocat wagmi

[indigo violet]

[twin vector]

tmr morning

trust

[glossy abyss]

someone in main channel get Google oa not sure thats early career

[twin vector]

Mine went from updated last week to updated last month

[glossy abyss]

yes

me 2

[idle notch]

Yep me 2

Wtf does this mean but AI catalyst is still a week ago

How does it go from last week to last month bro what

[indigo violet]

Yea that’s what happened to me last week

[idle notch]

And you got OA

[twin vector]

👀

delulu is the solulu shakes

nah I think it's just Google's relative time converter being weird 💀

goes from week ago to month ago when it's been closer to a month than a week

[twin vector]

what day did you apply?

[glossy abyss]

9.30

Day of open position

[twin vector]

wait

huh

I mistook you for the one who got the OA a week ago my bad 💀

if it updated for you rn

and it updated for someone else a week ago who got the OA soon after

delulu

might be

the solulu

OA Monday chat

WAGMI

Lemondate, Shakes, and I

[idle notch]

Yoooo

My delusional is being fed really good today

[twin vector]

WAGMI

WAGYU

WAGUS

[indigo violet]

In my dreams

[cinder jackal]

round 1 anyone? wanna know if its lc or sys design

[solid barn]

i had ordered a5 japanese wagyu on company card

that was $360

[indigo violet]

Lmao how was it

[solid barn]

it was alright

soft but def not fulfilling

[indigo violet]

Nice

[visual bough]

Still said Updated last month in submitted status 😭 is it cooked

Google is so rng wtf… not even wowed at any grads who get it cuz its so rng based

[idle notch]

i need rng to be on my side

[twin vector]

Tmr

[glossy abyss]

someone in team match round in Canada

[twin vector]

We’re cooked

Deep fried even

[glossy abyss]

thats Google early campus position in canada

[toxic quail]

Interview request-> reject

[solid barn]

u have msft

[toxic quail]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-13597132752790194338

[twin vector]

I think you got yield protected

How many YOE you got?

Anything more than 1 YOE is stretching it for early career

[twin vector]

Is there a difference?

I’m pretty sure process is the same and you can team matching Canada locations from the US and vice versa

[toxic quail]

Graduated May last year

[twin vector]

Idk tho I might be wrong

[twin vector]

Wait why did it say that then 😭

Maybe you just have too much internship/co-op aura

[toxic quail]

Issok

[twin vector]

What’s your prev?

[toxic quail]

Ill cope at my current job

[toxic quail]

Msft

[twin vector]

Bro’s about to say OpenAI or smth

[twin vector]

Oh

[toxic quail]

Lol

I wish

Boomer tech company

[twin vector]

Msft is cool but I don’t think just a few months of msft entry level on your resume would yield protect you from Google early career

[toxic quail]

1.5 years at msft

[twin vector]

Oh

Oh you meant last calendar year

😭

[toxic quail]

Yeah

Lol

[twin vector]

Yea you’re too experienced for this I fear

Gotta apply to non early career L3

[toxic quail]

No non early career in Kanedda

Ggs

[twin vector]

[indigo violet]

[idle notch]

bro bro bro chillll

[toxic quail]

What chill? 😭

Its over for me

😭😭

[idle notch]

you have msft

[toxic quail]

Nah i was jk

I have nothing

[idle notch]

glaze nadella

[toxic quail]

I am a qa at united health group

[idle notch]

don't lose hope

times are tough and we must move on

[toxic quail]

https://tenor.com/view/cr7-cristiano-cristiano-ronaldo-ronaldo-ronaldo-suii-gif-15017036760377432452

[idle notch]

i lwk hate taking OA

[toxic quail]

Qa not oa

😭

Quality analyst

[idle notch]

ohh

see you're chilling

[toxic quail]

It’s all @kindred plinth fault

[toxic quail]

Wdym bro 😭

[idle notch]

what does QA do?

[visual bough]

rip qa

[toxic quail]

I am ashamed to even tell you 😭

[visual bough]

Im doing qa work w a swe title… i cant imagine doing qa work permanently

[toxic quail]

Yeah bro

Its over

For me

Ggs

[visual bough]

Nah u got this

[idle notch]

is it that bad

[toxic quail]

Very

[kindred plinth]

fuck this guy in particular

[toxic quail]

See

[idle notch]

is it this

[toxic quail]

@kindred plinth looks down on me because he works at Shopify

Goat of all goats

[toxic quail]

Ye

[idle notch]

https://tenor.com/view/hug-hugs-cuddle-gif-17754615575577561160

that sounds like negative exp

[kindred plinth]

Everyday I wake up and cry when I find out @toxic quail is still alive

[toxic quail]

https://tenor.com/view/talking-to-a-wall-gif-9702424950693960694

[kindred plinth]

https://tenor.com/view/humm-miam-gif-7752014409153192480

[indigo violet]

[twin vector]

Google OA tmr

Do you believe?

[idle notch]

affirm

[twin vector]

We got this

[toxic quail]

you in affirm process?

[idle notch]

how long is this thread lol

gotta be 1k messages fs right

[toxic quail]

check dm @idle notch

[idle notch]

i see nothing

[solid barn]

where?

need affirm proc

[toxic quail]

lol

real

drop initials

[idle notch]

guys affirm as in "yes" not affirm comapny proc

[solid barn]

they might be in this server lol

[toxic quail]

huh 💀

[solid barn]

my school alumnus

lives closeby

[toxic quail]

💀

[indigo violet]

[twin vector]

where's our OA bruh

[glossy abyss]

W H W E R E O U R O A ! ! ! !

[indigo violet]

[sacred void]

does research count as work experience in the resume??

[solid barn]

yes

[sacred void]

can you list a current experience on the resume (that's still going)? if so how should i put the date, do i just put when i started it and ongoing? (ie. May 2025 - Ongoing)?

[indigo violet]

Yes

[mystic hawk]

has anyone taken the google oa yet

[indigo violet]

Yes

[mystic hawk]

have u heard back for r1 already

[indigo violet]

Yes

[indigo violet]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-just-a-fantasy-of-mine-bertie-gcbs-great-canadian-baking-show-baking-show-canada-gif-21229688

[glossy abyss]

[indigo violet]

[indigo violet]

[indigo violet]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-my-dream-joe-weber-donutmedia-thats-my-goal-i-want-that-gif-19663077

[glossy abyss]

G or not G, that's the question

(Ghosted)

[indigo violet]

G

GG

[visual bough]

Are people getting OA with specific location set too?

If so, i probably cooked myself by setting nyc as preferred

[hasty forge]

Another day another ghost

[indigo violet]

Guys maybe it’s cuz of Halloween we’re getting ghosted

[idle notch]

where is google OA

[glossy abyss]

is someone go next？

[indigo violet]

[glossy abyss]

are we still have hope?

[visual bough]

just move on 🥀

[indigo violet]

[solid barn]

there’s no process to move on to

💔

[indigo violet]

coping

[visual bough]

Kinda late but i heard back last week, did oa, did rd1, now on rd2