Ask HN: Stale job posting and suggestion for getting a job at FB or Google?

Hi HN ,

I have started looking for new job and very much interested in a job at high performance organizations such as FB/Google/Netflix. Amazon is also great but I have heard few horror stories. I personally know a couple of folks who were not happy when they worked for Amazon.

Number one issue I see is stale job posting. I bookmarked few available jobs at FB/Google and 5 months later I still see them. I understand some of these jobs could be for green card processing of existing employees, however I am curious if job remains open for so long ?

1. How do avoid or identify stale job postings and one that have been open for green card applications ?

2. What are tips for getting job at FB/Google ?

I work in analytics domain and not looking for SWE jobs.

If any current or former employees can shed some light on how you landed job at these companies that will be super awesome.

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kele 10y ago ↗

The big companies never really stop hiring, so there's no point to close a job posting.

DrScump 10y ago ↗

One motivation for fake/dummy postings is feign compliance with H-1B/L-1 constraints about having pursued legally-eligible workers already. This is discussed in detail in:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10970166

(scroll down to "nommm-nommm"'s subthread for specific video evidence)

Wonnk13 10y ago ↗

This is my n=1 (me) experience. You have to know someone on the inside. Job sites for someplace as large as Google or Apple are a black hole. I always have a friend refer me, which at a bare minimum gets a real human being to read my resume. I know it sounds like an advantage, but i've been rejected more times than i've received an offer. I never felt like I got special treatment.