I had an interview with one of the Top tech company, what is next?

amb1s1

I had a phone interview with a recruiter yesterday. This recruiter is a recruiter on campus, so is basically a direct recruiter. I'm applying for a Network Engineer position. I think I did good because at the end of the chat, the recruiter told me that you have what we are looking for a network engineer with python and unix experience. I sent her an email thanking for the call and she told me that she sent my resume to the hiring manager. I'm so excited that I could not sleep last night. Right now, I'm a full mode reading all my notes and study in case they want me to move for the next technical interview.

amb1s1

Do anybody have experience getting hiring with a big tech company? The recruiter told me that it can take sometime.

AwesomeGarrett

It really depends how desperate they are to fill the position. If they need someone right away they'll move quickly, run you through the interview process, and make you an offer fairly quickly. If they are just shopping around, they might come back to you a month later.

Who knows, right?

DirtySouth

Sending the thank you email was a good move. IMHO I would wait at least a week before following up with an email.

okplaya

I think I know which company you are referring to. If so, then yeah it may take some time.

beads

Expect anywhere from 4-7 interviews depending on the level of interest and position.

- B Eads

edzyyy

7 Interviews?

unfbilly11

If I was going to go to 7 interviews for a job it had better be a pretty high up position. heck, even 4 interviews is pushing it in my book for anything but really technical positions.

rsutton

In my 15 years in IT I've never been through more than 4 interviews, including the phone screen. Any more than 4 would tell me the company does not have their sh*t together.

Dieg0M

For Engineer positions you go through a ton of interviews. For the job I'm at currently at, I went through 6 interviews. 1 Phone from HR, 1 In Person HR and another in person with National Director, 3 Technical Phone interviews.

gadav478

I had 4 interviews for a NOC position, so I'm learning it's common too.

dou2ble

6 interviews over a span of 2 weeks was the most for me: HR, Hiring Manager over the phone and then also in person, interviewed by 2 other Sr's on staff, and finally CIO.

Mike-Mike

I just got a position with a very large company, it took a looooooooooooong time, and tons of interviews

The Technomancer

I'm waiting for someone of these premier firms who adopted the legendary Google Interview Format to adopt Google's new data showing that you really don't get any better outcomes once you've done a phone and in-person interview. Couple that with the recruiting data out there that shows that the longer your time from initial contact to offer, the worse the quality of the talent that you're hiring is going to be, and I wonder why any "top tech" firm does anything more than a call to schedule a phone interview, the phone interview, and the face-to-face interview.

Good talent goes fast. If a company wants the best, they need to do these four things:

1. Compress the interview schedule. Contact on Monday for a phone screen Tuesday, with a face to face on Wednesday or Thursday.
2. Decide fast. If you're impressed with the interview, have an offer ready.
3. That offer needs to be 90th percentile pay or higher.
4. That offer needs to be exploding (i.e. -- accept by end of day or end of week).

You have to have all four. If you're slow, doesn't matter what you pay, someone will snatch them up first before you ever get them in the office. If you get them in the office but wait to see who else comes through, someone will snatch them up while you wait. If your aren't paying for A players, you won't get them -- plus, the comp needs to be high enough to take that out of the candidate's decision calculus to justify the exploding offer. If you offer doesn't have a time limit, you're asking to get it shopped around.

...I've had to wear the "talent recruiting/hiring manager" hat way too much lately, dammit. Can't wait until this company gets big enough to hire a dedicated technical recruiter.