If you apply through a referral and get through the initial resume screen and assessment, if you don’t have someone actively emailing the hiring manager/recruiter and vouching for you… is there even a chance you’d get an interview? This is an extremely common practice at other tech companies but it doesn’t seem like the googler way.

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From what I heard… for strategy and ops roles and equivalent, only about like 2% of applicants get past the screening to speak with HR. So yea, unless you have someone that can vouch for you in front of the hiring manager, your chances of even getting an interview are pretty slim.

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