Why I can’t work at Google
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Why I can’t work at Google
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Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#2This doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I didn't know anybody who worked at Google before I joined, and a good chunk of my co-workers didn't either.
The author may be reading into the question "do you know anyone here?" too much. It could easily be that the recruiters are just trying to figure out if they can ask anyone inside for an internal reference. If not, no big deal. It would just be another signal to use.
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#3If the author wants to work at Google and believes that knowing someone at Google is a prerequisite to get hired (doubtful) then he should try to connect with Google employees. It's not that hard, there are tens of thousands of them. Many of them participate in well known open source projects, and are active on mailing lists, social networks, etc.
In other words, the author created a limitation in his mind and didn't bother trying to overcome it. I'd call this anti-resourcefulness.
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#4No offense, but why doesn't this guy just GET to know someone at Google? It's not that difficult to do!
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#5No offense, but why doesn't this guy just GET to know someone at Google? It's not that difficult to do!
Well then that wouldn't make for a very good article would it?
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#6Of the dozen or so interviews I went through to get to Google, I was never asked the question, "Who do you know here?"
Of the hundred or so interviews I've given since I've been at Google, I've never asked the question, "Who do you know here?"
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#7The author works for a company marketing a "a scientifically driven way to quantify the match between a job candidate and an open position" and is making claims derogating another mechanism for matching candidates and position. He's not exactly an unbiased observer.
For the record, I've been involved in hiring here, and I've never asked candidate who he knows at Google, I've never heard of a candidate being asked such a question, I've never seen anything related to such questions on interview feedback, and so on. If Hardtke's account is true (and that's extremely doubtful), his experience bears no relation whatsoever to mine on the either side of the interview table.
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#8No offense, but why doesn't this guy just GET to know someone at Google? It's not that difficult to do!
Well then that wouldn't make for a very good article would it?
It certainly wouldn't be good advertising for his company, which sells a purported alternative to candidate referrals.
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#9No offense, but why doesn't this guy just GET to know someone at Google? It's not that difficult to do!
How would a person, who doesn't have a CS background, network with people at Google?
I'm genuinely curious.
Re: Why I can’t work at Google
#10The author works for a company marketing a "a scientifically driven way to quantify the match between a job candidate and an open position" and is making claims derogating another mechanism for matching candidates and position. He's not exactly an unbiased observer. For the record, I've been involved in hiring here, and I've never asked candidate who he knows at Google, I've never heard of a candidate being asked suc…
His affiliation is fully disclosed in the article. I don't understand why you're outing someone for "bias" when they describe it in the body of the article. Are you trying to suggest that bias somehow means you're not allowed to have opinions about things related to your work?