Anyone else get an email like this?
Somehow, I don't imagine Google recruiting like this....
Titled: Google Found Your Posts on Webmaster Forums and Hiring
Quote:
Hi Mark,My name is Kumi Bailey and I am a Recruiter for the Google.com (SRE) at Google. This is the most dynamic, challenging and fun group at Google. The Google.com group is responsible for our Google website from start to finish.
I found your posts on The Webmaster Forums and am impressed by your knowledge. I wanted to ping you to see if you may be interested in opportunities at Google. We are constantly seeking extraordinary developers and UNIX (Linux) experts to join our exciting team and growing organization. We have positions open in the USA in Mountain View (CA), Santa Monica (CA), New York (NY), and Kirkland (WA) as well as Dublin (Ireland) and Zurich (Switzerland); and we could relocate you to any of these locations of your choice.
If you have experience as a unix/linux system administrator or software developer or have excellent skills in scripting (in python, php, perl, or shell), programming (C or Java), and networking, then please send me an email so we can schedule a time for me to call you to speak with you to discuss more details. I hope you are not bothered by my networking attempt. If you are not interested or available, but would like to forward my name and contact information to your friends or colleagues, I would be most delighted.
Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.
Kumi Bailey
Technical Recruiter
Mark Hensler ["Max Albert"] [Email]
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Megan posted this at 19:28—7th November 2006.
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I did some googling and it seems that Kumi Bailey is a real person. Her linkedin profile says that she is a Technical Sourcer/Recruiter at Google. So could be legit (???)
Megan
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Mark Hensler posted this at 19:53—7th November 2006.
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Oh dang! The same lady found me on Facebook and sent me a message...
....she's a member of the Google network, which would require email verification... right?
Mark Hensler ["Max Albert"] [Email]
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Mark Hensler posted this at 19:56—7th November 2006.
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Alright... I've replied, and we'll see what happens.
Mark Hensler ["Max Albert"] [Email]
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
Megan posted this at 20:26—7th November 2006.
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Let us know, for sure! Could be an exciting opportunity
(or not, who knows...)
Megan
My web design blog
Mark Hensler posted this at 21:56—7th November 2006.
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And her response:
Mark Hensler ["Max Albert"] [Email]
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
teammatt3 posted this at 01:50—8th November 2006.
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Hey, that's pretty cool.
Let us know how the interview goes, and if you get the job, pick Kirkland, WA. You could visit me on the way up I-5
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demonhale posted this at 04:26—8th November 2006.
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This is pretty interesting... Hope you wont forget us if you decide to work for the big G ...
JeevesBond posted this at 09:25—8th November 2006.
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Hey Mark, that's great news! To even be considered is excellent!
Now about our pagerank, if you do get the job ... Just joking.
Oh and if you do get in, let us know what their version of Ubuntu is like!
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digiboy posted this at 23:46—9th November 2006.
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Just to let you know I got one too, but mine mentions a post on "Linux Forum" (I think I know which post Kumi was looking at). Kumi is using a template to sent out invitations.
Still sounds good to me.
I live in Canada, so where is the best place to move to in the US?
DDoSAttack posted this at 00:16—10th November 2006.
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If this post sounds negative in any way please forgive me for that is not the intention. I hope it is a real networking attempt by the greatest company to ever exist!!! (I am a HUGE Google fan)
With that said, I find it very hard to swallow that a company that pretty much everybody would give a toe to work for is trolling forums to find people to work with.
Hopefully I am wrong, and this is an amazing opportunity for you man
digiboy posted this at 20:26—10th November 2006.
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It's not a hoax, completed interview step 1 today.
Can't say anymore.
TTYL.
Mark Hensler posted this at 18:48—17th November 2006.
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It is legit. I sent a couple emails back and forth. But I declined to interview. I'm not ready to move on from where I'm at... geographically and professionally.
Good luck, digiboy!
Mark Hensler ["Max Albert"] [Email]
If there is no answer on Google, then there is no question.
JeevesBond posted this at 20:18—17th November 2006.
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Well mate, fair enough. Although I think you must be mad to turn down an opportunity like that, it's your life and you know what's best.
Indeed, good luck digiboy!
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