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I won't work for Google for a very simple reason

After you went through an unsuccessful interview with them (even if it's more than 5 years ago), if you send them your CV again, it goes to /dev/null

Really

So, yeah, other companies are hiring... And there are good possibilities outside of the big companies, it may even be more fun and less red tape

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This is absolutely not true. I interviewed, didn't get the position, and some time later another recruiter contacted me and I got hired there. Like other posters said, it's something like a 6-12 month period and we're recontacting because we expect motivated people might have improved and want to try again.

This is untrue.

For one, I am a counterexample.

Also, I know members of hiring committees, and they tell me that if you have a failed interview one year, and a pretty good interview the next, that is a stronger hire signal than a pretty good interview without the previous failed one. That is, it shows growth.

Hard when you don't even get an interview anymore and recruiters leave you hanging without an answer.

Your experience doesn't match mine, I'm not saying you're being untrue, I'm saying YMMV

I'm simply pointing out that your explanation is not the correct one, since it's not consistent with other evidence.

I believe you are misinformed. Google wipes your slate clean, and you can try again in 6-12 months.

Did you actually experience that or you just heard about it?

I have heard of people that have applied for jobs at google multiple times and had interviews a couple times over the years before they got a job there.

In fact it's incredibly common.

Did they got to an on-site interview?

Because one thing that has happened is recruiters leaving you hanging on, so, they'll ask for some info, then no further communication (even if you ask)

I was interviewed by Google in 2008, rejected. They contacted me again in 2010. I told them I wasn't interested at that time for personal reasons. They contacted me again in 2012. I interviewed again, I was given an offer.

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