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Three Strong Hires, made it to team matching, then the HC said no

sea_swe_anon·May 31, 2026·412 points

Software Engineer L3·Final Round·2026

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google l5 interview experience rejected march 2026

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infra_adjacent·6 points

Team matching evaporating is the worst version of this. You passed the hard part and lost at the administrative part. Genuinely brutal.

yoe_8_lurker·10 points

The Googlyness signal is so underweighted in prep resources. Appreciate you flagging it — going into my next loop assuming it counts as much as the coding rounds.