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Re: Foobar

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Post by rudolf0 »

NamTaf wrote: post #23
codecondo wrote: post #11

I'm guessing in order to successfully log-in, you've to trigger yourself as someone who's eligible? Otherwise, it looks like everyone else is wondering how to make it work.

That sounds right, which implies that you have to be logged in to a google account and searching interesting terms to them. They'll redirect you to that and you can carry on.

I Google Python-related things all the time from work, including yesterday and today, but I prefer not to login to any of my Google accounts when doing so. I've not yet received any kind of popup or redirection to foobar.

Re: Foobar

#72

Post by jengamaster »

barbudorojo wrote: post #62

In one of the js files there is window.opener.handleAuth(..), perhaps changin allow from false to true can result. This seem to be a js related essue.

That was my thought too, although I'm not sure how it would be done.

Re: Foobar

#73

Post by wanda »

Reminds me of HackThisSite & notpron. I have many happy memories of my peers sweating at the thought of not solving those puzzles. +1 to Google HR department, they know what they're doing.

It'd be amusing if it was a social experiment to see how many devs/wannabe devs frantically searched for Python topics after this foobar site was discovered. Like a contrast MRI to illuminate the people who wanted a job at Google.

Re: Foobar

#74

Post by 1945795 »

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #12

For those who are confused, the local papers say Google is looking to hire 30K people? I believe this app/page is part of that push. Bunch of problems to complete.

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26903436/google-could...

"""But those buildings aren't ready for Google to occupy yet, and the first of the Sunnyvale buildings won't be completed until sometime in 2015."""

Re: Foobar

#75

Post by [deleted] »

wanda wrote: post #73

Reminds me of HackThisSite & notpron. I have many happy memories of my peers sweating at the thought of not solving those puzzles. +1 to Google HR department, they know what they're doing. It'd be amusing if it was a social experiment to see how many devs/wannabe devs frantically searched for Python topics after this foobar site was discovered. Like a contrast MRI to illuminate the people who wanted a job at Google.

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Re: Foobar

#76

Post by alvarosm »

wanda wrote: post #73

Reminds me of HackThisSite & notpron. I have many happy memories of my peers sweating at the thought of not solving those puzzles. +1 to Google HR department, they know what they're doing. It'd be amusing if it was a social experiment to see how many devs/wannabe devs frantically searched for Python topics after this foobar site was discovered. Like a contrast MRI to illuminate the people who wanted a job at Google.

yeah, no doubt... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/20/google_hiring_proced...

Re: Foobar

#78

Post by jcfrei »

Reef wrote: post #58
jcfrei wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very interesting but I wonder what the legal implications are. Some companies might file a lawsuit claiming that Google gains an unfair advantage if they continue to seek potential employees this way. I'm not saying I agree with this view but Google does have a HUGE potential in matching employees with their potential employers and might just turn the recruitment services industry on its head.

Is there a law which specifies which advantage is fair and what is not? Why should any company be forbidden from utilizing assets their employees legally developed, especially when they want to use that asset in pursuit of a key objective ("hire more smart people")? Should a large newspaper be forbidden from advertising their openings in the printed newspaper itself just because other newspapers failed to acquire com…

Lawsuits are sometimes filed for competitive rather than legal reasons. I just feel like Google could cause a huge disruption for traditional employment agencies. I mean if this helps in finding future Google employees then this could work for almost any tech company. Imagine finding an employee for a very specific machine learning project: You could just filter all persons which searched for a certain paper. That also puts Google+ into perspective - you get a better chance at actually identifying that person.

Re: Foobar

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Post by dontreact »

barbudorojo wrote: post #62

In one of the js files there is window.opener.handleAuth(..), perhaps changin allow from false to true can result. This seem to be a js related essue.

When you click the login button, the following function is called: launchPopup=function(){ window.open("/login/","AppLogin","resizable,scrollbars,status,width=600,height=400")}

Which opens https://foobar.withgoogle.com/login

There, an object a:

a = {

				message: 'Error(6): Login unavailable. Try again later.',
				logoutUrl: 'https://foobar.withgoogle.com/_ah/logout?continue=https://www.google.com/accounts/Logout%3Fcontinue%3Dhttps://appengine.google.com/_ah/logout%253Fcontinue%253Dhttps://foobar.withgoogle.com/denied/%26service%3Dah',
				redirectUrl: '/denied/',
				
				allow: false
			}
Is passed to the original window's handleAuth function:

window.handleAuth=function(a){ a.logoutUrl?window.location.href=a.redirectUrl:window.location.reload()}

It seems that the allow property of the object passed is never checked :(

Re: Foobar

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Post by 1945795 »

bshimmin wrote: post #16

I think this is very clever. Assuming this is something to do with recruitment (as the other comments suggest), then of course I find it intensely irritating and it confirms my pre-existing notion that I would never want to work for a company like Google. But, on the other hand, the people who devised this puzzle are clearly people who would be enticed by a puzzle like it, and would therefore think it was a good way…

Why is this irritating? Google won't hire you iff you solve the puzzle, this is nothing more than a very popular way for institutions to generate free PR.
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