I’ve interviewed with Google for several PgM roles over the last 4 months and I was either turned down because of an internal candidate or another candidate. All my recruiters keep telling me my feedback is overall positive and I should continue to look for positions where I see a fit. Am I missing something here? Should I keep interviewing? It’s been a long road and I’m exhausted.

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Went through same thing for 6 months and landed the job so I would keep going.

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What PA and level are you SM1?

Technical or non technical PgM? Are you HC approved already or are you team matching first?

It’s not a large discipline overall, so roles are limited. And almost always, an internal candidate will be preferred over an external one.

Keep going. It’s a long road but you’ve already gotten farther than most people.

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HC means hiring committee fwiw

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Overall positive means very little. It mostly meant you are worthy to be considered in HC. You still get some random chance to be rejected. Keep going don’t stop. One day you will land a Google job

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I was in the same boat, my friend. This has happened to me multiple times with Google and with Facebook after a verbal offer and positive feedback post final round. It’s just bad luck and variables outside your control. You are without a doubt competent for the role. Just keep trying, it’ll click at some point, but honestly all the FAANG are the same. It’s a hustle, life isn’t really all green fields in either of these companies. My suggestion chase them early in your life, but long term give your heart and soul to your own failed or hopefully successful startup or to a growing company where your efforts will be rewarded long term according to the sweat you put in.

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Thank you for your honesty. I really appreciate your advice.

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Same thing happened to me for 6 months and got the job offer yesterday. Keep the relationship with recruiter and hiring managers warm to the extent you can if there are specific roles you want at google.

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Hey MC1, can I DM you? I have my onsite coming up and was wondering if you can help?

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Do you have any specialization like Ads, Cloud, ML, or 3rd party systems like SAP, Workday etc? Pure play generic PgM is very competitive and it’s hard to stand out among everyone else.

I imagine you are competing against consultants from B4 and other companies with a good amount of Cloud experience.

What’s your background and location? My team is hiring multiple non tech and tech PgMs.

Hmm, PM me.

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