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I recently interviewed for L7 EM at Google and had 4 great interviews and one not so great system design. I submitted external referrals all of which gave great feedback. The recruiter said the next step is team match/interviews and then the HC. Anyone in a similar situation? What was the result? Google
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Yes this was something that took me years to get. You become the “steady hand” given more work from colleague even more senior who aren’t as good. They get the recognition in terms of promotion and a senior title while at the steady hand remains on the same level. The way I got out of this was to create boundaries and work within the framework of my job description. It’s tricky because taking on more work was sold to me as a run way to promotion which never happened because they kept moving the goal post. Once I decided I was not going to get promoted I walked away but used that knowledge in my next role-earn an income and work within the limit of your job description you can’t go wrong. Maintaining good boundaries and not take on more than I can was a good strategy. It felt good to be the “go to” person like an ego boost but once I saw it was actually punitive for being good at your job I decided I didn’t want the “go to” person role anymore and I quietly stepped out without announcing it. I just worked within my job description and not chasing promotion. Everyone is different but that’s how I walked away
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Wow... great points. Thanks for your honesty and sharing your story!
It’s done both. At times I have played it up because I wanted to get ahead, but at other times I’ve down played it because good work does find good hands. I’ve known people whole will engineer a crisis that they then “solve” because it generates far more recognition than making it look easy. Ethically questionable but it does reflect that there are heuristics at play in workplace perceptions and they can be “managed.”
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Hahaha... "create a crisis be a hero!" I swear my previous company lived by that hahaha
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I think both, it's definitely helped my career but I also do get landed with the most work, but that's how the development opportunities also come through!
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Yeah, there is a balance for sure