I think it all depends on the candidate's motivation to join a particular company. Candidates are more inclined to wait for offers from tier-1 companies (e.g. FAANG) but will have less patience for lower tier companies.
Google is way worse than the rest of FAANG though. The Facebook recruiters would explicitly warn you that if you wanted to wait for a Google offer to not even start with Facebook until you passed the interviews and were waiting on team matching.
