[nullhash]

Consider my situation. I passed my Google interview in October for New Grad 2023 and was told that my starting date would be April.

Now I’m most likely not going to be hired and need to restart my job search and this will have derailed my entire plans for the first few months of this year. I won’t see a cent.

[Nifty3929]

OTOH, you've learned an important lesson early: You aren't hired until your first day of work. The job search never stops and never ends, until you're really ready to stop working.

Next time when someone agrees to hire you in the hypothetical future, you will keep looking and interviewing, at least until you have accepted a formal offer from someone.

(I'm assuming here that they didn't give you an actual, formal offer even if they did tell you about a starting date)

[nomel]

Your situation is one of extreme privilege, being able to have desirable plans, for many months, while unemployed.

I've turned down job offers in the future, because they're empty promises. You're a hiring req in some drawer, until the first day, because everyone is aware it's an empty promise.