Google Hasn’t Changed Their Interview Questions
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Google Hasn’t Changed Their Interview Questions
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#2Today I learned that Google's brain teasers are internally known as "estimation or market sizing questions"!
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#3Today I learned that Google's brain teasers are internally known as "estimation or market sizing questions"!
Asking "how would you estimate the number of cars sold in a year?" is not a brainteaser. It's an estimation / market sizing question. You can deduce a reasonable estimate from the population size and other assumptions.
A brainteaser is something like "A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?" That's a brainteaser -- and nothing Google would ask.
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#4Today I learned that Google's brain teasers are internally known as "estimation or market sizing questions"!
Asking "how would you estimate the number of cars sold in a year?" is not a brainteaser. It's an estimation / market sizing question. You can deduce a reasonable estimate from the population size and other assumptions. A brainteaser is something like "A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?" That's a brainteaser -- and nothing Google would ask.
He's playing Monopoly!
So, do I get the job?
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#5My phone interview with Google had something I would probably describe as a brain teaser (which is probably why I didn't get a follow up interview). It was something along the lines of explaining how an insect in a bottle could jump out if the bottle was frictionless. Something like that. Anyway, I don't remember specifics well enough to make a strong statement, but I would argue that this isn't an absolute in either direction -- I bet a certain class of question is used less, but some that border on brainteaser are still used.
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#6My phone interview with Google had something I would probably describe as a brain teaser (which is probably why I didn't get a follow up interview). It was something along the lines of explaining how an insect in a bottle could jump out if the bottle was frictionless. Something like that. Anyway, I don't remember specifics well enough to make a strong statement, but I would argue that this isn't an absolute in either…
How did you answer that question? -- I honestly don't understand what possibly could be drawn from asking that.
Deductive reasoning? Logical thought pattern? Creative thinking? Seems like there are a lot of better ways to find out if someone is capable of such things
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#7My phone interview with Google had something I would probably describe as a brain teaser (which is probably why I didn't get a follow up interview). It was something along the lines of explaining how an insect in a bottle could jump out if the bottle was frictionless. Something like that. Anyway, I don't remember specifics well enough to make a strong statement, but I would argue that this isn't an absolute in either…
How did you answer that question? -- I honestly don't understand what possibly could be drawn from asking that. Deductive reasoning? Logical thought pattern? Creative thinking? Seems like there are a lot of better ways to find out if someone is capable of such things
"Quit wasting my fucking time google-interviewer."
"Correct. You're hired."
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#8Today I learned that Google's brain teasers are internally known as "estimation or market sizing questions"!
Asking "how would you estimate the number of cars sold in a year?" is not a brainteaser. It's an estimation / market sizing question. You can deduce a reasonable estimate from the population size and other assumptions. A brainteaser is something like "A man pushed his car to a hotel and lost his fortune. What happened?" That's a brainteaser -- and nothing Google would ask.
Is there anyone that have read one of the readily available interview books that can't answer one of those estimation questions? I'm sure the answer to that question is 'yes', but I am also sure that their utter inability to prepare for an interview or reason on their feet will be discovered in the interview by other means.
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#9I aced the teaser back in college a s still didn't get the internship... What does that tell you?
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#10My phone interview with Google had something I would probably describe as a brain teaser (which is probably why I didn't get a follow up interview). It was something along the lines of explaining how an insect in a bottle could jump out if the bottle was frictionless. Something like that. Anyway, I don't remember specifics well enough to make a strong statement, but I would argue that this isn't an absolute in either…
I would agree with you that that's a brainteaser -- or at least a stupid question that shouldn't be asked.
However, brainteasers are indeed banned and they always have been. The problem is that what you and I call a brainteaser isn't what everyone else calls one. Thus, a brainteaser could still be asked, despite the ban.