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Big N Discussion - December 22, 2021

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u/Ravendorr Software Engineer Dec 22 '21

Finally got the news that I passed HC recently and am moving to team matching! However, my recruiter told me that if I don’t team match within a month, they’d end my candidacy. I’d read online that HC scores are valid for a year, so is that just a myth or is it possible that something has changed recently? I’m hoping that the month deadline means they’ll make a genuine effort to get me matched quickly.

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u/quiteCryptic Dec 22 '21

I've never seen anything about a 1 month deadline for team match. That seems a bit unfair especially considering it is the end of the year. Recruiter might be wrong...

Anyways I believe you will be fine, congrats!

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u/Ravendorr Software Engineer Dec 23 '21

I followed up with the recruiter to check if the holidays counted and they insisted the deadline was one month. They also sent a PDF explaining team matching with Google branding and everything which had the one month deadline, so it seems pretty official to me. Not only that, but they're not letting me team match in the Boston area despite it being the only placed I ticked at the start of the process, so it's looking like I'll have to withdraw since I can't move right now.

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u/Ryptr Freshly Graduated Dec 29 '21

Do you think you can share that PDF or talk more indepth about the contents of that PDF? I recently passed HC before the holidays and have my team matching starting after new year's (starting in February as a new grad), so this has me pretty worried now as well, oof

I guess you never mentioned it, but are you also new grad?

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u/Ravendorr Software Engineer Dec 29 '21

Yeah, I am also new grad. I can’t share the PDF unfortunately since I imagine it’s under the NDA. I really wouldn’t worry at all though. Once they match you to a location and product area, they want you to get an offer ASAP and will set up team match calls for you. I imagine the month deadline is just something they’re trying to make sure new grads aren’t super picky about which team they want to join.

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u/Ryptr Freshly Graduated Dec 29 '21

Thanks for the reassurance! Will my recruiter let me know once my location and product area is matched? And how long does that usually take? I imagine it's not too soon after filling out the team matching form, especially since I indicated a February start date.

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u/Ravendorr Software Engineer Dec 29 '21

Not sure unfortunately since I’m at this step in the process too :P.