Came here expecting many commenters to not get that it was satire. Was not disappointed.
Here Are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People
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#52So I actually interviewed at a company where I didn't have clear instructions, had to switch rooms, ect. and it was a real turn off. First, I felt flustered, and I bombed the interview. But I didn't care because it left me with a bad impression about the company. It is funny because going into the interview I thought it would be the coolest place, and about halfway through I had already decided there was no way I would take a job there.
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#53So I actually interviewed at a company where I didn't have clear instructions, had to switch rooms, ect. and it was a real turn off. First, I felt flustered, and I bombed the interview. But I didn't care because it left me with a bad impression about the company. It is funny because going into the interview I thought it would be the coolest place, and about halfway through I had already decided there was no way I wou…
Would love to know which company this was with?
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#54Uh, and if the company is not a known behemoth of talent using these tactics will give a very strong signal of incompetence.
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#55So true. I had an Amazon interview where I wanted to hang up. There were moments where I would get questioned or berated for not using such great AWS tech like Opsworks and Cloudformation. Instead of being impressed with my completely valid approach they fixated on the fact I didn't use their stuff and it became a bit combative/snarky. So Amazon certainly isn't for me. Thanks for EC2 and two day shipping though.
I had a phone screen from Google I wanted to hang up on because I knew where it was going. They reached out to me for an SRE role in Australia. After a few unscheduled calls at poor times (at the DC doing work) we setup an "interview". It was just a screen where they ask you to rate your self on a bunch of random technologies; between never heard of it and wrote the book. Rated myself 4-6 on most haha. The " interviewer" seemed completely thrown off by this. Expected not to hear back and didn't.
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#56For those not in the know, the Cooper Review is witty blog written by a former Googler... Expect satire not facts.
FWIW this is exactly how my last Google interview went down. So expect facts, even if wrapped in a satire? :)
yeah, this article is basically stuff that actually happens that seems absurd even while you're going through it. I love the multiple rooms one, happens all the time!
It should have had two more:
Interview the person while they're eating lunch, but tell them "it doesn't matter, unless you really do something bad."
Or the converse, put them in an interview from 9-5, but don't offer them lunch "because this one guy is only available at noon."
Both have happened to me while interviewing. :)
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#57I hire people at one of these companies, I thought this was sarcasm because this seems like a long list of what not to do.
It is totally serious. Apparently you haven't taken the elite interview training. ;)
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Incredible to me that someone would write such a lengthy comment based on a headline alone.
It's because so many posts on HN are cookie cutter - usually you don't need to read the post to know what the (same old) message is. You know: "Why my startup failed" (cause I built something no-one wants) "Why we switched from this technology to that technology" (because the old one sucked but the new one will solve all our problems) "How we built a startup that fixed hiring" (they didn't) "How to hire great people"…
^^^ This post is awesome
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#60Any basis to this? Every single article on the site has titles that would give Buzzfeed run for its money. http://thecooperreview.com/
The "10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings" is a 10/10, or 100% brilliant. http://thecooperreview.com/10-tricks-appear-smart-meetings/
The percentage to fraction made me laugh because it's totally one of my moves.