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by JohnFen 1229 days ago
> > FAANG salary? Red flag.

> Completely not my experience.

Whether more than a little experience at a FAANG company helps or hurts you depends entirely on which companies you're applying to. With many, it really is a red flag. With others, it's almost a guarantee that you're going to round 2.
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smith7018 1229 days ago
It's a wash and entirely up to whomever is reading your resume. Does the reader hate Facebook and find it morally reprehensible? Great, your 3 years at Facebook won't be viewed positively. Does the reader think that FAANG means you have 3 years experience shipping at massive scale? Cool, they'll think you're qualified.
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wnolens 1229 days ago
Right. It's a harmful bias to have as a recruiter/hiring manager. At their own peril, I guess! But honestly I've never heard of it outside this thread.

It universally seen as at least "this person passed a very high hiring bar elsewhere". If you were at the staff/principal level at FAANG there's not even technical/design interviews, or they are an underhand pitch and mostly a conversation.

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ipaddr 1228 days ago
No one thinks this person passed a hard hiring bar and we need google to filter candidates. They wonder if this person was so good why did google let them go? Why are they not working there now? Could they not cut it? The other question is how much are they expecting? Will they bolt for another faang if opportunity presents itself.

It's like hiring someone with a phd. Expensive and often the skills are not a fit

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