Does everyone keep getting recruiting emails from google?

[Daniel Fetchinson]

I keep getting recruiting emails from (e-mail address removed) about
working for google as an engineer. The messages are pretty much the
same and go like this:

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I am part of the Google Staffing team and was wondering if you would
be open to exploring engineering opportunities with Google. I am
impressed with your background and thought your skills could be a fit
for our team.

I am currently looking for Engineers with hybrid Unix/Linux Systems
Administrators who possess experience in coding in C/C++ or Java
and/or scripting skills (Perl, Python, or Shell).

The Google.com Engineering Team is one of the most visible and
respected teams within Google, and the most mission critical. The team
is responsible for keeping the Google site and infrastructure up and
running 24/7, 365 days/year. They are dedicated to the scalability and
availability for the performance of Google applications. In short,
they maintain, monitor, and improve all Google services. Locations
primarily concentrated in Mt. View, Dublin, Zurich, with distributed
teams in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Boston, Kirkland, Seattle, New
York, London, and Sydney.

If you are interested, please email me an updated resume. If the
timing isn’t right for you to make a move, I would love to connect on
LinkedIn, and hopefully, we can keep in touch. Any referrals would be
appreciated!
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I'm guessing I'm not the only one on this list to get these emails and
suspect that pretty much everyone gets them. Is that the case? If yes,
what's the point of spamming a more-or-less random set of people who
although are probably interested in IT-related stuff but who can
otherwise also be a set of dogs. Aren't enough people applying without
this?

Just wondering,
Daniel

 

[Grant Edwards]

I keep getting recruiting emails from (e-mail address removed) about
working for google as an engineer. The messages are pretty much the
same and go like this:

I got one a year or two back (from somebody else at google). I
replied saying that I wasn't interested, and that was the end of it.

 

[Matteo Landi]

I got one a couple of months ago. I answered back I was interested and
then we scheduled a phone conversation.

Good luck,
Matteo

 

[Seebs]

I keep getting recruiting emails from (e-mail address removed) about
working for google as an engineer.

I've gotten one of those, ever, and it named a specific person who had
referred me.

(It turns out to be a moot point, $DAYJOB has telecommuting, and telecommuting
beats pretty much every other possible consideration in a job for me.)

-s

 

[John Nagle]

I keep getting recruiting emails from (e-mail address removed) about
working for google as an engineer. The messages are pretty much the
same and go like this:

Me too. I figured it was some headhunter agency pretending to
represent Google.

I got a real query once from Google because of something I'd
posted on comp.lang.c++, but they sounded like they had a clue.

John Nagle

 

[James Harris]

I keep getting recruiting emails from (e-mail address removed) about
working for google as an engineer. The messages are pretty much the
same and go like this:
....

I'm guessing I'm not the only one on this list to get these emails and
suspect that pretty much everyone gets them. Is that the case? If yes,
what's the point of spamming a more-or-less random set of people who
although are probably interested in IT-related stuff but who can
otherwise also be a set of dogs. Aren't enough people applying without
this?

I had one - or, rather, two - because I'd posted to a Unix admin
newsgroup. Could have been legit but wasn't of interest so I didn't
follow it up so can't add any more.

James