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Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters by BHSPitMonkey on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @04:12PM (#13700036)
That's strange, none of my interviewers there had any objection to my using Python. This was a few years back; perhaps things have changed.
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Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters by tir on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @05:10PM (#13700538)
After I did my phone interview and study problems in Python, I was told when I got onsite for whiteboard problems that they really preferred C++ or Java. It was a little late for me to switch mindsets day-of, didn't get enough recommendations to hire.
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Re:Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters by orangecat on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @12:29AM (#13703264)
Weird. That is definitely not standard practice, at least as of a few months ago. Candidates provide their preferred languages and are supposed to be matched with interviewers who are familiar with them.
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