Ask HN: Did anyone land a job in FAANG after layoffs and how is it going?

I'm still seeing a lot of open positions in FAANG, so what exactly has changed in FAANG's hiring process after the layoffs started? My friends in Google say it's like 10x less likely to get an offer now, but why would you layoff thousands of people and hire new middle (2+ years of exp.) engineers anyway? Let's hear more than 2 of my friends :)