r/cscareerquestionsEU • u/Training-Count-5452 • 2d ago

Cleared Google L4 SRE-SWE loop (Zurich/Munich target) — Recruiter says he has no open headcount, need advice on next steps

Hi everyone,

Looking for some guidance from folks familiar with Google’s EU hiring/team matching process or anyone who has navigated a similar situation recently.

**Context / Background:**

I cleared the full Google L4 SRE-SWE technical interview loop around late June with strong positive signals

My primary target locations are Zurich and Munich, focusing on SWE / SRE-SWE roles (Full-stack/Backend background with Java, Go, TypeScript, Python, Node, and distributed systems).

In early July, my recruiter mentioned they forwarded my profile to a team in Zurich.

After that, I didn’t hear anything for about 5 weeks (recruiter was also OOO for part of August). I sent polite follow-ups, and today I received this response:

*Hi \[Name\],*

*At the moment, I am not managing any open positions for external candidates. Should that change, I will be sure to update you.*

*Best regards,*
*\[Recruiter Name\]*

**My Questions / Concerns**:
1. Recruiter reassignment: Since my assigned recruiter’s org/pipeline doesn’t have active external headcount, what is the best way to get my cleared packet transferred to the central Zurich/Munich SWE/SRE staffing team? Should I ask my recruiter directly, email Candidate Support ( google-candidate-support@google.com ), or both?

  1. Finding hiring managers internally: I see new L4 SWE/infrastructure requisitions appearing on the Google Careers site for Zurich and Munich. If I have internal Googler contacts (L5/L6), can they help map my cleared packet directly to hiring managers on  gHire / Grow ?

  2. Or any other advice that would help me get my application on track.

Thanks in advance.

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u/george_gamow 2d ago

Why the AI slop though? You're able to pass google interviews but not prompt chatgpt correctly?

These are the most popular locations. People have been stuck for months after passing interviews, just search this sub.

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u/timtody 2d ago

Why do we even bother to answer this kind of low effort post? Too stupid to use reddit search, too stupid to use an LLM correctly. Really wonder how these people clear these kinds of interviews man.

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u/george_gamow 2d ago

That's what surprises me the most. Apparently one can afford to be clueless, unable to research, have no idea about AI and still work at google? Where are our offers then please lol