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In reply to the discussion: For those who think that there is a skills shortage, let me tell you about my Google job interview [View all]freshwest
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For those who think that there is a skills shortage, let me tell you about my Google job interview [View all]
twins.fan
Aug 2012
OP
Yep. Welcome to my world: applying for jobs that aren't really there. It's all CYA. & They wonder
patrice
Aug 2012
#2
It's particularly galling because the people I know with the strongest anti-government
patrice
Aug 2012
#10
I was listening to a cop and a fireman/emt have a discussion at a recent family gathering..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#30
Please PM. I would be VERY VERY VERY interested in your EEOC filing and outcome...
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#6
Don't you think pay is the obvious issue, if the interview was conducted from China?
robinlynne
Aug 2012
#64
We were just props in Google's narrative designed to taunt, mock, and smear US STEM workers
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#9
they have to make a "good faith" attempt to find us workers before they hire h1b. maybe you
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#99
You know the one with the Communist government that has been stealing or given US technology.
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#12
Try this company they are full of old John Birchers and would enjoy your Mandarin rant
lunasun
Aug 2012
#168
Can you supply a link to the article you referred to that indicates that Google "interviewed" a
grantcart
Aug 2012
#18
Fine now show us a link that stands by your position that shows where google interviewed a milllion
grantcart
Aug 2012
#22
lol any story about any company INTERVIEWING A MILLION CANDIDATES would generate thousands
grantcart
Aug 2012
#29
The problem is that is it wasn't a triviality it provided the set up for your whole story.
grantcart
Aug 2012
#45
Personal attacks will not change the fact that the basic facts in your arguments are not true
grantcart
Aug 2012
#69
You know my position; I know yours. Moving forward, view Google's outrageous claims ...
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#121
this article supports your contention -- it refers to applications/resumes rather than interviews
spooky3
Aug 2012
#23
Well if you were interviewing somebody for a job that required absolutely precise language ability
grantcart
Aug 2012
#26
I know people that work at Google and half a dozen other people who have been interviewed by them.
wickerwoman
Aug 2012
#93
These big tech companies are very American companies, at least the Bay Area ones
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#126
'Course, if I were 25, they'd probably tell me I didn't have enough experience.
gkhouston
Aug 2012
#41
If only tech companies would be as innovative in their products as they are inventing ways to avoid
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#34
twins.fan - I'll tell you what they were looking for, and why you weren't hired:
leveymg
Aug 2012
#56
For the record, I know nothing about US STEM workers, but I haven't found your posts (original and
phylny
Aug 2012
#53
Ahhhhh. I see. It's a setup to use American interviews as excuse to outsource. nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#57
was there sensitivity training when you were in college? You seem to old for that
lunasun
Aug 2012
#176
There are people who are buying into the fable being spread by the likes of Google.
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#200
What is racist in the statement? A bit dated with a touch of McCarthy flavor? Ok
TheKentuckian
Aug 2012
#82
Please explain how this can be racist, I admit that I don't know everything about every...
uponit7771
Aug 2012
#116
why not start a petition to have the university not accept them so all your friends can get jobs??
lunasun
Aug 2012
#178
as the poster said, a high percentage of foreign students come from wealthy backgrounds & have
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#104
sounds like a weird ass interview.On top of not wanting US workersthere is also a shitload of age
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#108
I installed GoogleDocs, or should I say that I installed the GoogleDocs client?
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#207
Could you just share the reasons without the need for PM. I'm sure others would like to hear what
masmdu
Aug 2012
#133
As I said in a previous post to you, you apparently did not read my complaint ...
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#209
As I have said, I may not be a right fit, but the interview was not equipped to make that assessment
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#122
Now, if you believe what they believed, you'll take this country back from these impostors ...
twins.fan
Aug 2012
#199
If There Really Was A Skills Shortage, Google Would Be Importing ITers from No. Europe
Yavin4
Aug 2012
#169
Google Is A Mature Fortune 500 Company Under Intense Pressure by Wall Street To Return A Profit
Yavin4
Aug 2012
#160
You are qualified, you simply won't work for slave wages. A living wage is needed in the USA, third
mother earth
Aug 2012
#172
people can hire IT to do some of the jobs remote now from places like Vietnam etc.
lunasun
Aug 2012
#179
To everyone interested in this. You should watch this, if you haven't already..
interested11
Aug 2012
#181