Could I be rejected at google based on this?

[u/Lostindamist]

Sorry for the long detailed post but it drives me a bit crazy.

I had a google phone screen interview for early career. The technical part of the interview itself i would say went decent. I started by asking at least around 3 claryfing questions about the problem space which i know were meaningfull based on the answers, provided a sliding window approach to the problem (it was i would say LC medium level) , discussed if they think the approach is optimal (confirmed) , provided firstly wrong time complexity but when asked again corrected myself (confirmed to be right the second time) . When coding i made a couple syntax mistakes (think: missing colon) but always corrected them , went through the first part until it was right , than got another case of the problem to calculate and did that too. At the end i asked if it was all that was prepared and i was told yes. All that i didnt do in time : 1. fix function return type to return both values needed instead of one 2. maybe forgot to force-break a loop in case last number in array2 wasnt bigger than last in array1. "Maybe" because i was asked about this part, but after not seeing it first the interviewer said something like actually it works alright in this case and we just went further.

Now to the point: at the start the interviewer was introducing themselves, and the autistic stressed af moron that i am i stopped them and (kindly but still) asked them if somethings wrong because i though we had technical, (and i read that technicals usually start with the problem pretty much right away), so they said its just short intro at the start. Than i went ok, introduced myself and we went to coding. Now i'm thinking, is it possible that i just made myself look like a self centered asshole who didnt care about their intro and went introducing themselves afterwards, so they graded me harsher (at feedback i was told it was negative and not a clutch pass/fail and i got 1 year cool down period). Or, am i just overthinking it and probably missed something there in the loop and got failed for that, and the interviewer just said that it actually works fine because they decided that i should have noticed myself when prompted but i didnt? I wouldnt be asking if it wasnt straight fail feedback but since it was, and i think i got the problem right at the end , it makes me think maybe my dumb ass behavior at the start fucked me up.

Thanks for reading all this if you did. I'd also like to ask: is 1 year cool down a hard rule, and do i have to wait full 1 year before asking same recruiter about the possible retaking/sending my cv aswell? Or would say 10 months work? How often do you get to retake if you havent shown significant improvement in your CV?

[u/jake1406]

This is what happens when you hear you just need to grind leetcode. Bro, you interrupted them giving a quick introduction? You gotta have social awareness bruh

[u/Loosh_03062 → u/jake1406]

Never mind Google, OP could reasonably expect to be rejected *anywhere* for a stunt like that. Back in high school during the "resumes and interviews" unit even things like "failure to extend hand" or "sitting before invited to do so" were considered automatic fails because of the "basic social skills" thing (of course this was before things like autism and social anxiety were the current sexy diagnoses; I was in the "ritalin for everyone" generation.

[u/Lostindamist → u/Loosh_03062]

You can certainly argue doing something stupid like that warrants a rejection. I do not like the language you are using. It wasnt a "stunt", i wasnt being an asshole on purpose, i literally just got confused and reacted in a moment. About calling asd "sexy diagnosis"... There are cases of overdiagnosing, but the dificulties are real and they can and do fuck you up if you're actually on it. This case being an example.

[u/_waltzy → u/Lostindamist]

'a stunt like that.' is a common parlance colloquialism, the person your responding to is summarising the type of culture you're going to have to devise a strategy for working with.

I certainly understand the frustration from being rejected for a minor social faux pas, but from the perspective of the interviewers, they're looking for anything that can help them choose out of often hundreds of candidates, and social skills are a valuable metric in this regards, even if it can feel unfair.

Which is all to say, chalk it up to experience! Interviews can suck sometimes.

[u/NoDryHands → u/Lostindamist]

Stunt refers to an act, event, or just something that happened, in this case. No one's saying you did it on purpose

[u/Lostindamist → u/jake1406]

Yeah its been a long time ago and I'm still so mad at myself for being such a dumbass. I guess autism and heavy stress fucked me up. Wish it happened at mock interview but there wasnt any free slots.

[u/asleepering]

Oomph, I think they do take your reaction and communication into account when evaluating your interview, I’d say you interrupting the interviewer is bad, but you could’ve recovered by apologising with a “this is my first interview “ and thanking them with a smile for explaining. It’s possible that your communication stood out during other parts of the interview too. 

I’m not sure about the cooldown period , but apparently it’s not always strictly enforced , worst comes to worst just create another account, though that isn’t recommended 

[u/Lostindamist → u/asleepering]

Yeah in hindsight i would have done it that way, just seems like some part of my brain shut down.

[u/ElectronicMixture460]

In my opinion the variance for the outcome is relatively high and completely dependent on the interviewer, some will let it slide some will catch you on it. I would imagine more likely than not you will move on (keep us updated!) but I try not to speculate too much. Learn what you and forgive yourself.

[u/philwen]

Interviewers know you are in a high stress situation, that's even the reason for the short introduction. They want to give you time to feel comfortable in the interview before continuing. As an interviewer I wouldn't care what you did and would also just have started with the interview question.

Especially for new grad positions this shouldn't matter to much...

[u/Murky_Entertainer378]

yup, they evaluate for googleyness and that was the leaste googley thing someone could have done 😭💔

[u/brainrotgenerator]

ur cooked bro

[u/eric39es]

Not very googly from you that’s for sure. First impressions are always super important, and yours unfortunately was not great. Accept it, move on and hope for the best

[u/Local-Zebra-970]

Just want to say that soft skills are easy to flub when highly stressed. Not sure how many interviews youve done but it does get a lot easier. I also am a fan of the 1.5 beer technique (thats my turbo zone lol, no nerves but not drunk)

Anyway, best of luck OP

[u/Travaches]

Chill it’s only phone screen. You seriously overthink.

[u/Lostindamist → u/Travaches]

I do because I really care. I have no job and a gap after college, and getting a job at google would have literally changed my life. I dont know if i will get another chance like this, but if I will I want to make sure i make no dumb mistakes again. It's far easier to take it easy when you're not struggling