1. The recruiter sent me email suggesting I reapply to Google. She asked for my resume and put me on track to apply for an entry-level position.
2. I had a phone screen. (1 interview, over the phone, graded to a lower standard.)
3. The recruiter informed me I passed the phone screen and scheduled the round of interviews. (5 interviews, back to back over one day, over some kind of internet platform.)
4. I had the round of interviews.
5. The recruiter informed me that I had passed, excitedly wished me congratulations, told me to expect a job offer within six weeks, and told me that I'd be having some "team fit" interviews over the intervening period.
6. Weeks of radio silence.
7. When I inquired what was going on, she asked me if I could provide an altered resume explaining my employment gaps.
8. More weeks of silence.
9. She called me and informed me that although I had passed the interview process, my interview scores were not high enough to qualify for a job.
As to the question of whether there might be more than one round of interviews, I complained about this treatment to several people who worked at Google, and I've been told by multiple of them that the recruiter was correct about the process and there are no further rounds.
1. The recruiter sent me email suggesting I reapply to Google. She asked for my resume and put me on track to apply for an entry-level position.
2. I had a phone screen. (1 interview, over the phone, graded to a lower standard.)
3. The recruiter informed me I passed the phone screen and scheduled the round of interviews. (5 interviews, back to back over one day, over some kind of internet platform.)
4. I had the round of interviews.
5. The recruiter informed me that I had passed, excitedly wished me congratulations, told me to expect a job offer within six weeks, and told me that I'd be having some "team fit" interviews over the intervening period.
6. Weeks of radio silence.
7. When I inquired what was going on, she asked me if I could provide an altered resume explaining my employment gaps.
8. More weeks of silence.
9. She called me and informed me that although I had passed the interview process, my interview scores were not high enough to qualify for a job.
As to the question of whether there might be more than one round of interviews, I complained about this treatment to several people who worked at Google, and I've been told by multiple of them that the recruiter was correct about the process and there are no further rounds.