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.