Woe is Me; Turned Down by Google
I received a sad little note in my inbox this evening, thanking me for my interest in career opportunities at Google but informing me that, alas, they had no openings that matched my resume. They’ll keep my application on file, fortunately.
This would be somewhat depressing — had I actually applied to Google. In the real world, though, I’ve turned down no fewer than five inquiries from three different recruiters at Google over the past three years. As eager as I might have been to work for Google, I’ve never been interested in relocating to do so.
Perhaps there’s a bug — or a confounding inefficiency — in the recruiting systems in use by the most renowned information processing corporation on the ‘net today.
Or maybe they took the recent hiring throttle a little too much to heart, and have gone into reverse, rejecting people who’ve never even applied.
Or maybe they just wanted to turn me down for a change.
Whichever it is, sounds like this relationship is on the rocks.
[Update: Unsurprisingly, the true reason is much more mundane -- the (quite friendly) recruiter replied that she'd just hit the wrong button while updating my record, and (unnecessarily) apologized. Ah well.]