Google India L5 MLE - Team Match ???

Hi Folks, I applied for L5 MLE at Google Banglore and completed my 3 Coding, 1 ML System Design and Googleyness & Leadership interview before mid-May. The recruiter communicated the feedback for each round as "GOOD", not revealing the Lean/Strong-Hire counts even after being asked, saying those are for internal only. For further process, the recruiter communicated that Team Matching could take time as the current openings already have candidates mapped for Team Matching. I haven't been scheduled for even 1 Team Matching call. And, on follow-ups, I get the answers "No new updates" or "Nothing so far". Is this expected, given BLIND is filled with posts reflecting Google is on a hiring spree in Banglore? Or is this a soft reject? Or, to a stretch, the hiring season at Google India is over with no new openings? A hiring freeze.

Prog

Intuit

2 months ago

A friend of mine was rejected around the same stage at Google. He interviewed with Google from Nov 2023 to April 2024 and at last, during the team match, they couldn’t match him with a team and gave him similar updates. And then, suddenly marked his application as “Not Proceeding”. And my friend is one of the smartest people I’ve seen. He works at FAANG with 5 YOE. Watch out! Look for other companies too