Google is self-selecting to employ those people who are fine with the idea of Google recording everything they do. This does not bode well for the rest of us.
Only the very stupid are fine with Google recording everything they do.
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Re: Foobar
#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, there are a lot of rabbits.
There are many in this thread who would greatly appreciate tips on how to access the challenges. Any ideas?
If I remember, I was blanking on the exact Python lambda syntax, so I Google'd "python lambda". I bet it had something to do with other searches I'd done in that session as well though, and I don't remember what they are.
Re: Foobar
#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
How did his parents get to the island? Were they born there as well? If so, how did the first settler found it? Or is this island the origin of life on Earth?
It doesn't say the the island was always findable only by those who already know where it is. This could have changed at some point.
True. Also most islands are younger then life on Earth, so the island could just appear under the first guide.
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#134For 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.
Surely not all programmers? Because if so, I may just be able to slip through the cracks!
How is this going to help you? Would you be happy with a job you're not good enough to do properly?
Re: Foobar
#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are many in this thread who would greatly appreciate tips on how to access the challenges. Any ideas?
If I remember, I was blanking on the exact Python lambda syntax, so I Google'd "python lambda". I bet it had something to do with other searches I'd done in that session as well though, and I don't remember what they are.
If you wanted to you could check:
https://history.google.com/history
Also, it is possible that the url once you actually enter is different and that may be sufficient to get in.
Thanks!
Re: Foobar
#136Funny. Two years ago I had an on-site interview with Google. My recruiter understood that I was looking for a "data science" type position, and although I have Java and C experience, I preferred Python. He told me to expect interviewing in Python.
When I arrived, not a single one of the 5 technical interviewers I dealt with used Python and seemed to think I was crazy to be interviewing with Python. Needless to say, I did not receive an offer.
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#137Funny. Two years ago I had an on-site interview with Google. My recruiter understood that I was looking for a "data science" type position, and although I have Java and C experience, I preferred Python. He told me to expect interviewing in Python. When I arrived, not a single one of the 5 technical interviewers I dealt with used Python and seemed to think I was crazy to be interviewing with Python. Needless to say, I…
Same story for me, went for a front-end developer position, but didn't get any front-end developer questions.
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#138I 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…
I've done a few exercises in the site. While recruitment seems most likely, I haven't seen anything that explicitly mentions applying to work at Google or anything like that. There are coding challenges and a gamified leveling system based on how many coding challenges you complete within the time limit, but no mention of applications.
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#139I had the "You speak our language..." message pop up while searching for some Python info and send me to Foobar a few days ago. So far I've just done one of the challenges. I'm sure it's a recruiting thing, but they seem like fun puzzles and it's obviously not the only way to get a job with Google, so good for them for building something fun.
I search for python stuff all the time and have never come across this link, I want to do some puzzles too!
i searched "python lambda" and it gave me the challenge. :) I was also randomly searching things like "NLP Python" and stuff earlier, to try and trigger it. I'm not a python programmer, so I don't have much related to this in my overall search history.
Re: Foobar
#140Huh, this is a really weird mix of subdomains. https://www.google.com/search?q=withgoogle.com
.withgoogle.com is used for mini-sites that are developed externally or do not meet the security requirements to be on a proper Google domain.
Do you know why the new interstellar movie is on that domain? https://interstellar.withgoogle.com