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Google recruiters have been doing this sort of thing for years. Most google SWE roles advertised in San Francisco didn't exist there, they just advertised to dupe you into taking the bus to Mountain View. I was told that if my interview was successful I'd need to work in Mountain View for a while, then apply to work in SF.

I asked a friend who works there, he said that requested to move to SF as soon as he was done with his first few month. He's a there 3 years, fairly senior and with three kids, commuting from the east bay (he loved covid), but he's still on the "waiting list".