Except they did "bother to go for" me, to the point where they didn't stop until I threatened them with a harassment lawsuit.
Google does not have a lot of prestige, they have a long record of questionable at best ethics.
However, people who are just out of college are much less likely to be aware of this, and thus more likely to apply.
Which means google does reach out to higher skilled, higher experience people like me.
They pursued me more aggressively than any company has ever in my career.
By the way, if you feel you need to prove worthy and eager to work for a company, then your esteem of the company is out of place. You are likely going to end up taking a worse job or taking worse compensation because you aren't valuing yourself highly enough.
Google does not have a lot of prestige, they have a long record of questionable at best ethics.
However, people who are just out of college are much less likely to be aware of this, and thus more likely to apply.
Which means google does reach out to higher skilled, higher experience people like me.
They pursued me more aggressively than any company has ever in my career.
By the way, if you feel you need to prove worthy and eager to work for a company, then your esteem of the company is out of place. You are likely going to end up taking a worse job or taking worse compensation because you aren't valuing yourself highly enough.