Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview

Re:Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview by cm2187 on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:48PM (#13196656)

It reminds me of graduates who want to get into investment banking. They have a ranking in their head of which bank is better than which other, and make a massive deal out of getting into #2 instead of #1 or #3. The reality is that down to #10, they will likely get a very similar experience and chances are they will have gone through 2 or 3 of those banks on their list anyway by the time they are 30.

And at the end of the day, what makes most of your experience is the team you work with rather than which of the 50,000+ employees organisations employs you.

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Re:Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview by eigenvalue on Friday December 16, 2016 @05:02PM (#13197293)

There is signalling content associated with being at the number 1 bank (and a top group within that bank for that matter; e.g., the financial institutions group at Goldman Sachs). If you planned on staying at an investment bank for your whole career then this might not be so important. The majority of people who start these jobs hope very much to jump ship as soon as possible to work on the buy side (hedge fund or private equity), and in that regard the signalling content is very important because there are so many good candidates for any available spots.

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Re:Why I Studied Full-Time for 8 Months for a Google Interview by user5994461 on Friday December 16, 2016 @03:55PM (#13196720)

By all accounts, both big tech companies and big investment banks are good places to be, with some variance per team.

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