#!process google r2 reject
broken bobcat
Sorry for that. Did you solve both questions?
yes but not optimally
modest wharf
shi the bar's so high now
jagged hare
damn, how long after r2 did you get rejected?
oblique cargo
Damn how difficult were the questions?
shy nova
rip man
broken bobcat
damn, how long after r2 did you get rejected?
10 day
drifting plover
aw man sorry bro
craggy jewel
man
orchid prairie
KS? And did she give feedback
broken bobcat
KS? And did she give feedback
nope
bold hollow
Sorry man
long sleet
got rejected too
steel holly
rip
vale tulip
pookie sorry 
violet cairn
We are doomed to Bloomberg
long sleet
We are doomed to Bloomberg
literallt waiting after bloomberg em but i have a bad feeling ab tht
broken bobcat
i literally solved both optimally n still got rej
might be nearing hc idk
long sleet
I got survey
for bb?
broken bobcat
sorry man
its alr
google nyc wouldve been negative chance
and bay area isnt an option for me
bold hollow
Oh nice
long sleet
Waiting for rejection email
when did u interview n wht round
bold hollow
Thursday r1
long sleet
oh damn
modest wharf
i genuinely dk wht i did wrong
How did your followups went?
bitter sequoia
got rejected too
R1 or round 2 for google? I’m confused
broken bobcat
R1 or round 2 for google? I’m confused
hes talking abt bbg
bitter sequoia
Oh
bitter sequoia
i literally solved both optimally n still got rej
That happened to me back in October. Bloomberg is a hit or a miss ngl. Soo random
broken bobcat
i got rejected after r2 google
how did u think it went
bitter sequoia
i got rejected after r2 google
When did you do r2? And you were confident in your solutions?
modest wharf
Yeah kind of wondering because I got two followups and wrote one
long sleet
i definitely think i did well
was able to answer follow up for 1 of them 2nd int didn’t have follow up
modest wharf
Maybe just bad luck with bad interviewer … feeling sorry for you
broken bobcat
i guess
they have to be finishing up soon
feel like theres still a crap ton of ppl waiting for TM
do yk wha
nyc headcount is like
my friend interend in ny
said something like only 19 hc
broken bobcat
i dont know how true it is
she just said new york only has 19 headcount, but i dont know if was for the whole location or just her PA
she was intern
neat moss
19 for whole location is wild
My rec said nyc and Bay Area have the most headcount
Followed by Seattle
broken bobcat
well yea they r the two biggest ofices
but for some reason nyc is just hard to get
neat moss
But idk if she’s just lying
broken bobcat
yea
neat moss
I think there’s a comparable amount of HC to the west coast
broken bobcat
i just think ny headcount is low because veryone tries to internal transfer there
neat moss
It’s just way more people want NYC
broken bobcat
so your competing against people in google as well
my interviewer said its very hard
neat moss
Stupid question but can L3 even transfer?
broken bobcat
i think after 1 year
neat moss
I thought it was L4+ so I didn’t think transfers would affect L3 headcount in NYC but that could just be wrong
Oh damn ok
broken bobcat
u can def transfer as l3
broken bobcat
I thought it was L4+ so I didn’t think transfers would affect L3 headcount in NY...
my interviewer transfered after like a year
she was in bay area first
neat moss
Yea I might try and do the same tbh
broken bobcat
for me new york is non negotibale
neat moss
I put NYC as my top location but Idt imma get it I’m not cracked
Oh yea then fair enough
oblique meadow
dang that's cooked
i solved all my qs but had one round where my interviewer wanted to insist on another way to solve - did get to solving followups for most of my rounds but this lit might not be enough considering wtf the bar is at right now
only got asked for transcripts etc so far and it's been like a week since my r2
💀
carmine portal
said something like only 19 hc
this is cap 💀 nyc is like their second biggest office
that's prolly just her sub-pa
broken bobcat
this is cap 💀 nyc is like their second biggest office
yea i think it was just for her PA
why is it so hard to get ny then
if it’s the second biggest office
carmine portal
everybody and their mom wants it
neat moss
why is it so hard to get ny then
10x applicants prob
West coast has like 6 different major offices to split headcount east coast only really has one
carmine portal
also im pretty sure the amount of hc google has in all locs outside the bay combined is significantly less than the hc in the bay
broken bobcat
also im pretty sure the amount of hc google has in all locs outside the bay comb...
i feel like
u cant really say
"nyc is the second biggest office"
sure its second biggest but
its not that big
its only second biggest cuz 80% of the jobs r in the bay
its literally two buildings
carmine portal
yea that is misleading mb
but they consider all of the bay to be one loc
idk why
that's why nyc is their second biggest loc technically
carmine portal
Stupid question but can L3 even transfer?
after 1 year yes but prolly not a good thing to bank on
im sure half the ppl in the bay offices are trying to do the same thing
oblique meadow
man i gotta wait 1-2 weeks more for prob reject
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this be so cooked
idk why their standards this year are so high
i swear even with 4 LH u should be able to get hired in the prev years, or at least their standards were probably way easier back then
i had a fob interviewer too and it was hard to make up what he said
pretty sure it was always 3 coding 1 behaviorial
except its split up this time, normally u would do all 4 in one day
neat moss
i swear even with 4 LH u should be able to get hired in the prev years, or at le...
4 lean hires passing is crazy
Don’t think it was ever like that lol
oblique meadow
ok maybe not 4 lmao
IMO 2H 2LH should be enough in the past
but now its like u need 1-2 SH or something lmao
oblique meadow
cuz i keep hearing people passing followups and geting rng
either self assessment is bad or just very bad interviewer rng
or hc rng yes
neat moss
I don’t even know how much follow ups matter I didn’t get asked a single one in all 3 technical rounds
oblique meadow
do they consider stuff like your school / past exp performance
neat moss
I think they do
oblique meadow
I don’t even know how much follow ups matter I didn’t get asked a single one in ...
i got asked for all my rounds idk
neat moss
i got asked for all my rounds idk
I got asked for 2 rounds 1 hard and for one round 1 backtracking medium + 1 bitwise dp hard
So there prob wasn’t like any time tbf
But I think I got a LH on the medium + unrelated hard round so I think u can still pass with a LH
Just need a SH to balance maybe idk
oblique meadow
bitwise dp hard
damn u cracked
i solved all my problems including followups except for one round
neat moss
Nah I did brute force and like attempted the dp part but Idt I solved it correctly
oblique meadow
so im thinking at worst I have LH LH H H, at best I have H H SH SH
neat moss
That’s why I think LH
She only gave me 25 min to do it tbf after the first problem so idk what she wanted
oblique meadow
but again i might be bad at self assessment so
oblique meadow
Nah I did brute force and like attempted the dp part but Idt I solved it correct...
oh but solving base problem means at least LH so
neat moss
Ye I solved the medium optimally no issues
oblique meadow
🐐
neat moss
I think hints are also a big thing
A lot of people I personally know who got rejected got hints
oblique meadow
i think even with hints as long as u can solve its still LH from what i hear
really?
damn
what if they push hints on u etc
neat moss
Yea I didn’t get any hints for any round
oblique meadow
damn
neat moss
But sample size n = 5 (me and like 4 friends I know)
oblique meadow
like i had a round where my approach worked but my interviewer kept pushing me to do it a different way when the complexity doesn't really change (lit still O(N))
idk maybe that will cook me
i still figured it out and did the followup but ya
but idk maybe bad self assessment again
neat moss
That’s prob fine? Idk I kinda just always kept talking no matter what so they wouldn’t throw a hint at me even if it was bs
neat moss
Yea interviewer that gave me bitwise dp was a fob
oblique meadow
damn if it was like that no hint would've def been better
how long did u wait till u knew about passing hc
neat moss
Yea idk I’m just going off what I’ve heard Google engineers describe the rubric they use
neat moss
Like there’s a specific section for independence
Technically 2 weeks but if u don’t count holidays 5 business days
oblique meadow
my friend did like a near perf interview for his rounds, only needed to correct one thing and still got rej with no additional tiebreak interviews
maybe the issue with him was needing visa? idk
felt cooked af
neat moss
That’s crazy yea idk about that
oblique meadow
damn lol
i think its been 5 business days for me so far
like recruiter only asked for my transcript etc today
neat moss
Most people it’s like 2 weeks
oblique meadow
is longer time more likely for rej?
neat moss
I think I just got lucky with holidays
oblique meadow
ah
neat moss
Nah no correlation
I know people who got rejected in 2 days and in 1 month
Same with passing
neat moss
Yea it’s kinda rng
oblique meadow
legit
neat moss
Generally if u do really well, u hear back quicker
oblique meadow
thanks for all the info bro, lit fingers crossed for me
neat moss
But that’s basically it
neat moss
Nah passed HC Jan 7th start date June
oblique meadow
ahhh
neat moss
I’m still just waiting lol
oblique meadow
so u start tm in march then
neat moss
thanks for all the info bro, lit fingers crossed for me
U got it trust
Yea or get PA sooner
Want to just stop applying lol
neat moss
Yea I can go back to the mid F500 but I don’t wanna
neat moss
And somehow goog is the only proc I got
carmine portal
either self assessment is bad or just very bad interviewer rng
prolly both
carmine portal
do they consider stuff like your school / past exp performance
quite sure hc does not
ofc in tm that stuff will matter a lot more
oblique meadow
ah hm
neat moss
Yea I think I may have misunderstood what u were asking my b
Your school/past experience matters but only for PA/TM
HC is purely your interviews and nothing else I believe
oblique meadow
ah
huh ..
doesn't feel like hc goes through your resume tho
i swear the meme that google cares about gpa too has got to die lol
broken bobcat
they definitely do