I never got an offer but I've rejected interviews (won't take part of the code challenges culture).
At one of them I had a strong recommendation for a specific project which allowed me to skip the initial screening but I declined in an interview as I didn't want to move to the USA and they weren't remote friendly.
I am quite happy where I am in my career and industry ! Feel that I have a huge impact in the business at a global scale. Starting over as just-another-sw-engineer-in-a-large-company doesn't seem attractive.
Similar story here, I would receive emails/phone calls every half-year inviting me to interview with Google.
My initial question was always "Can I stay here in Scotland?" to which the reply was "You will move to either Ireland, or Switzerland." At that point I said "Please stop calling/emailing me"
At some point they stopped calling/mailing, looking over my email archive it has been ten years+ since I've heard from anybody at Google.
I had a similar thing about a decade or so ago. Thought I might be able to wrangle a (part) remote gig with them. No dice.
There's no way I was going to commute to London every day. Nightmare. They kept coming back to me though.
In my case I think it was more likely a combination of poor process, and a clueless recruiter, rather than a deliberate retargeting of me that resulted in the ongoing calls/emails.
At one of them I had a strong recommendation for a specific project which allowed me to skip the initial screening but I declined in an interview as I didn't want to move to the USA and they weren't remote friendly.
I am quite happy where I am in my career and industry ! Feel that I have a huge impact in the business at a global scale. Starting over as just-another-sw-engineer-in-a-large-company doesn't seem attractive.