All I can say is: WOW. Absolutely infuriating experience.

Long story short: I interviewed with Google nine months ago today. The interview went well, and I liked the people there. I was told I would be getting an offer.

For nine months, on average, I'd get a call every two weeks saying something to the effect of, "We're sorry this is taking so long; you'll hear something no later than Friday."

Eventually, I got fed up with this and complained about the person telling me this, who was consistently breaking his promises. After complaining, I received genuine phone calls of apology and then another "You'll hear from us within two weeks." Two weeks passed. You can gather how the story goes on.

I complained again. I felt that nine months was unreasonable. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twenty times, shame on me.

After my last complaint, I got a call from the recruiter telling me I was no longer a candidate at Google.

Absolute waste of time on both our parts. In the end, no one won, which is what is so baffling to me.

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