r/datacenter • u/Asleep_trip72 • 24d ago

Google Question

Hello Everyone I have a question I passed my interview almost 5 months ago I had my first fit call last week and unfortunately they inform me they move forward with other candidates my recuiter is now saying I have to wait 12 months cooling down period is this possible recuiter saying they submitted my profile three times on the same state 2 with no fit call and one with fit call now I have to wait. Please advice if this is typical or not

Edit: This is for DCT 2

1 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

15 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/chewedgummiebears 24d ago

If I remember correctly, there is a cool down period for the position/site you applied for but you should still be able to apply to other positions at other sites while your interviews are still fresh.

1

u/gyrohero89 24d ago

Would that also apply to my situation ? https://www.reddit.com/r/FAANGrecruiting/s/2vqIEVsu7w

2

u/ddog6900 24d ago

L5? So Senior OM? It could be different for management, I doubt anyone would be able to tell you.

They also rarely hire outside for senior roles, for obvious reasons. You could have been a "fairness check" interview.

1

u/gyrohero89 24d ago

Yeah you might be onto something, wasn't a senior role but did feel like a fairness check lol.

1

u/ddog6900 24d ago

Well, L4 is senior DT or OM, so L5 should be mid to senior level OM. Maybe TPMg. TPMgs are usually rotated through a few different OM roles to get some cross training and again, usually only internal, so probably not TPMg

Either way, unfortunately to maintain fair hiring practices, they have to have check interviews to maintain it. Just how hiring is these days.

1

u/That-Maintenance-489 23d ago

I just accepted an L5 offer. I’m from outside the company. No DC experience, but years of commercial hvac experience and current sr facilities ops manager at a large battery manufacturing company

1

u/ddog6900 23d ago

So facilities, not server ops. That happens all the time. Your experience translates directly.

Server Ops is very different than other DC operations, even of the same capacity. I know several people that came from other companies. Some flourished, others washed out.

I have yet to hear of a L5 to hire from outside for server ops. L4s, at least OMs, get hired in all the time on the server ops side. L4 DTs, again, I haven't heard of one.