Top notch possible world class Engineer to be an impact player
From Peteris Krumins’ blog post My Job Interview at Google:
[...] I was contacted by a recruiter at Google. The email said:
“I recruit top notch Software Engineering talent at Google. I recently came across your name as a possible world class Engineer and am intrigued to know more about you. I promise to exchange some detailed info about us as well.”
“Interested to hear more? Want to be an impact player at Google? Then please respond with a current (English) copy of your resume and I’ll be happy to call you and discuss.”
Top notch I can live with. But “possible world class”, to be an “impact player”? Really?
Luckily I got a much more sensible and human e-mail from my sourcer when I was contacted by Google 3,5 years ago. If I would have received something like the above, I would have probably dismissed Google as a bunch of uninteresting, navel-gazing, full-of-hot-air brats. Here is hoping that not all our recruiters use this kind of language when approaching potential candidates.
View Comments
Unfortunately, that admittedly lame email would have brought shivers up and down the spine to way too much people I know, myself included. Down here you don't get approached out of the blue by some mysterious recruiter: instead you send resumes like crazy to have some over-the-top HR Catbert (involuntary) fanboy treat you like cow manure while spewing forth buzzwords and bullshit about their mediocre companies like there was no tomorrow. Perhaps –just perhaps– there is something world-class-y about Krummins (and you!) Think about it.
Leave a Comment