Re:Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test (2016)
by londons_explore on Thursday April 26, 2018 @12:01PM
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The OP is misremembering (slightly) some questions.
Also, this quiz is given by non-technical recruiters just to get a guage on how tech-savvy the candidate is. If I remember correctly, the passmark is 6/10.
The questions (when not misremembered) are very precise in their wording, and recruiters are given a pretty comprehensive list of correct answers.
I'm sure a few great candidates fail this stage, but that's the nature of hiring. Google gets a lot of job applications per day, and a first stage screening like this needs to be able to be executed by non-technical staff in a few minutes. Other companies use online tests, which tend to take the candidate more time and are easier to cheat at.
Also, this quiz is given by non-technical recruiters just to get a guage on how tech-savvy the candidate is. If I remember correctly, the passmark is 6/10.
The questions (when not misremembered) are very precise in their wording, and recruiters are given a pretty comprehensive list of correct answers.
I'm sure a few great candidates fail this stage, but that's the nature of hiring. Google gets a lot of job applications per day, and a first stage screening like this needs to be able to be executed by non-technical staff in a few minutes. Other companies use online tests, which tend to take the candidate more time and are easier to cheat at.