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Re:Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical Interview by BHSPitMonkey on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:31AM (#16149306)
At Google, the recruiter who schedules your interview specifically recommends reading books written about passing Google's interviews. It's a little unbelievable.
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Re:Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical Interview by virgilp on Monday January 15, 2018 @03:43AM (#16149350)
I'm pretty sure they're incentivized to find candidates that get offers - not to find "good employees" or anything of that sort.
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Re:Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical Interview by danesparza on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:22AM (#16150656)
I would think there is a Venn diagram with an overlapping 'sweet spot': Good employees are probably more likely to get offers, as are candidates that prepare for an interview.
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Re:Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical Interview by expertentipp on Monday January 15, 2018 @05:33AM (#16149719)
Similar experience, spent the same time preparing for the interview as for any other company + couple of hours of browsing some slides from university classes on data structures (sorry Google, you are not a special snowflake) - rejected after the first call:)
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Re:Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical Interview by michaelt on Monday January 15, 2018 @09:50AM (#16150806) 

  It's a little unbelievable.
If they believe they have the _ideal_ benchmark for a good employee, anything you do that improves your score makes you a better employee.
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