Over 2500 resumes for a single position - my story

[Anonymous]

Google receives a large number of job applications annually, with estimates ranging from 2 to 3 million. However, the company's hiring rate is very low, with some sources indicating a 0.2% acceptance rate, meaning that they hire roughly 4,000-7,000 out of millions of applicants.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look another poster saying golf is the way to get to high level jobs. And being male. And probably white and grew up rich (like who can afford golf if MC)

OP here. Why do you have to assume that I am white and grew up with money? FWIW, I am asian, and my parents were poor Vietnamese immigrants when they came to the US. I am just grateful to have found a good-paying job at the age of 56.

Nice fake story. You would have been 6 at fall of Saigon — so you would have said they were poor immigrants when “we came to the us”.

My BFF growing up was Vietnamese, there is no way they were paying green fees regularly to play a game. Hat tip to make sure you story was you weren’t a fancy Asian.

So for some reason you think people only came at the fall of Saigon and not before? Mmmmk.

There was an immigration embargo for certain Asian countries in the 60s and 70s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re hiring for two positions and haven’t really gotten any resumes that are decent for the position. Just hired one that isn’t a perfect fit but is a smart guy so hoping it will work out. Still interviewing for the other.

Don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough. Too many companies are looking for unicorns that aren’t real. Do they even need the position if they can’t fill it in a reasonable time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I started my new IT job this past week at the age of 56 with a 275K per year salary after a ten-month layoff. I was told on my first day by my direct manager that there were over 2500 resumes for this position. 150 candidates were contacted for a phone interview, and 25 candidates, out of 150, were selected for an on-site interview. Five candidates, out of the remaining twenty-five, were selected to meet with the CIO, and the other four candidates were in their early 30's. I was a college golfer many years ago, and it happened that the CIO was a big fan of golf, but he attended a rival school, think of UVA and VA Tech. He talked about how his alma mater is better than mine in athletics, and we talked very little about the actual job. Anyway, my direct manager's boss selected a younger candidate, but he was overruled by the CIO. I am extremely grateful to be working again at my age.

I know it is a very tough market out there for tech/IT but little I know that over 2500 resumes for one position. It makes me appreciate the opportunity that is given to me even more. Best of luck to everyone out there looking for jobs.

What is the employer’s play here telling you that you were the 1 in 2500? Is it to make the employee feel beholden to the employer? A couple people who recently got laid off in their 50s and hired a few months later got the same feedback. I find this odd.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re hiring for two positions and haven’t really gotten any resumes that are decent for the position. Just hired one that isn’t a perfect fit but is a smart guy so hoping it will work out. Still interviewing for the other.

Don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough. Too many companies are looking for unicorns that aren’t real. Do they even need the position if they can’t fill it in a reasonable time?

I am all for this but our hiring committee is kinda full of themselves…

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look another poster saying golf is the way to get to high level jobs. And being male. And probably white and grew up rich (like who can afford golf if MC)

OP here. Why do you have to assume that I am white and grew up with money? FWIW, I am asian, and my parents were poor Vietnamese immigrants when they came to the US. I am just grateful to have found a good-paying job at the age of 56.

So you probably look like a 46. 🤣

Congrats! It’s actually pretty common in hiring. We recruited for 6 months, for jobs paying 175k, turned down a few super qualified people and end up hiring two 27 year olds bc they love baseball. It’s not fair but it’s the norm.

You say that like it's a good thing!!! That freaking sucks for the person who is looking for a job, highly qualified, and they are passed over because other candidates mentioned they like baseball??? Damn, that's cold!

It’s not, but I am obviously not important enough to overrule the hiring committee.

I think my industry (finance) wants people with options (rich or secure and won’t care of things are out of control). We don’t want people who are afraid of losing their jobs. As someone who clawed my way out of the former mentality, I can see the reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They contacted 150 people for a phone interview? I'm not saying you are lying, or that they lied to you, but that does stretch the limits of plausibility.

+1 there’s no way they contacted 150 people for phone interviews, nor 25 for in-person. I wouldn’t even believe they contacted 25 for phone screens.

When I was doing hiring, we always said crap like this to make the candidate think they were special if it was a candidate I really liked - one I'd thought would be a perfect fit. If you bolster them up a bit before they go in to meet with the big wigs, their attitudes are better and they perform better, IMO.

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Anonymous wrote:They contacted 150 people for a phone interview? I'm not saying you are lying, or that they lied to you, but that does stretch the limits of plausibility.

+1 there’s no way they contacted 150 people for phone interviews, nor 25 for in-person. I wouldn’t even believe they contacted 25 for phone screens.

When I was doing hiring, we always said crap like this to make the candidate think they were special if it was a candidate I really liked - one I'd thought would be a perfect fit. If you bolster them up a bit before they go in to meet with the big wigs, their attitudes are better and they perform better, IMO.

+1.

I had a dime for every candidate I told was "too hard charging" or "too type A" when I really meant "no one liked you and that counts almost as much as your skill set", I'd be retired.

Unsurprisingly, they always took it as a compliment.