This is just another thing in a long line of scrupulous things that recruiters do. If bad actors will edit your resume before sending it in then lying about the remote nature of a job is just another part of that.
Which FAANG? Name and shame.
Which FAANG? Name and shame.
I'll put it this way. One FAANG I wouldn't work at under any circumstances. One FAANG has been very clear that they want employees on site. One FAANG has a recruiting proc where you are hired once you pass the interviews, you can figure out your team later. One FAANG doesn't really fit in the FAANG acronym.
Uh Amazon? I hope it's Amazon, not Facebook.
> One FAANG has been very clear that they want employees on site.
Both Netflix and Apple.
> One FAANG has a recruiting proc where you are hired once you pass the interviews, you can figure out your team later.
Google?
> One FAANG doesn't really fit in the FAANG acronym.
Amazon? Apple? Facebook because they've changed their name to Meta?
Google?
That's definitely Facebook.
I suppose Google fits here, but Facebook is even stronger in that you generally have to accept the offer not knowing what you're going to work on and team match after boot camp.
Amazon
> One FAANG has been very clear that they want employees on site.
Apple
> One FAANG has a recruiting proc where you are hired once you pass the interviews, you can figure out your team later.
Meta/FB
> One FAANG doesn't really fit in the FAANG acronym.
Netflix
QED
Wouldn't work ever - Amazon
Wants on-site - applies to Apple, Google, Netflix. My guess is Apple.
Team assigned later - Facebook/Meta with its bootcamp process
Doesn't fit FAANG - Netflix, it's not uncommon for folks to exclude it due to much smaller size
So most likely op interviewed at Google, which seems all the more likely given a months-long interview process that the company is infamous for, and usage of a hiring committee. My general sense is that their remote story has been somewhat inconsistent over time, so I'm not particularly surprised at internal misalignment.
One thing to notice about FAANG and other large companies is that the team assignment is not as important as you think. Reorgs are often large and frequent so suddenly you work on something completely different. How much choice you have in this process varies based on many factors, the company being one of them.
...One FAANG to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.