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Google: My interview experience

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Re: Google: My interview experience

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> Their current process must cost them a lot of talent reply They optimize to reduce false positives. They're completely fine with false negatives. They don't have any shortage of talented engineers willing to interview there. That last bit is why I think it's quite silly for smaller/unknown startups to be copying Google's interview process, as seems to be the trend.

>>They optimize to reduce false positives. They're completely fine with false negatives. Getting too many false negatives is a very sure way of getting a lot of false positives. >>They don't have any shortage of talented engineers willing to interview there. You might be wrong there. Apart from huge money opportunities, there are little incentives for any body to waste their best years in large company political midd…

> Apart from huge money opportunities

It's...amusing that you brush that off like it's nothing.

Not to mention things like job security(people have families ya know?) and that having Google on your resume is still a powerful boost for future opportunities. That might not be true someday, but for now it is.

Re: Google: My interview experience

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> There's a decent amount that you can do to prepare for one of these things, but there's also an incredible amount you don't have control over. This is super important. Don't take it personally at all. They're using the randomness as a flow control. They are always attracting more talent than they actually need purposely to keep the reservoir full and just running the extra through the spill gates. Just taking a rid…

> If you don't get the job, it's not a signal regarding your quality as an engineer and you shouldn't interpret it as such (however tempting it may be to do so). Of course "not getting a job" is a "signal regarding your quality as an engineer". We need to keep this toxic mindset out of tech and silicon valley. The idea that everyone is smart, special, and deserves a job at Google, is completely false. There are peopl…

What a sad world we live in where you define your "quality" as your worthiness to serve someone else. So pitiable.

Re: Google: My interview experience

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If you have a Google account why should they still need to do an interview?

Apparently they are thinking about it (perhaps just a rumor): https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/3332120/google-creates-jobsite...

Having completely blank account means hired?:) Hard to escape google in today's internet:)

Re: Google: My interview experience

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It seems many acknowledge that the Google process (and other similar ones) is very flawed with a high false negative rate, but it's considered ok because there's a flood of talent always applying to Google. Maybe this used to be true, but I don't think it's true anymore. It's very likely still true in the fresh graduate to early 20's age range of candidates. But at this point, senior engineers know what this process…

You could also check out https://oldgeekjobs.com/. I'm not sure how senior most of the jobs are but I like the name. :)
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