Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte...
by perl4ever on Saturday October 26, 2019 @08:22PM
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I was contacted by a Google recruiter once when I was a "programmer/analyst" but not for a software engineer position. I got as far as talking on the phone with the hiring manager, but was not called for an interview. Apparently I was obviously "not their type", but it wasn't a technical screen, so I don't think I was disqualified for lack of knowledge of say, data structures.
So, I still kind of wonder what it takes to be hired for a job that isn't the stereotypical Google SWE, because even though I didn't (and still don't) think of myself as a super genius, it's a fact that I was doing data processing for them which they were paying a handsome amount for (which didn't trickle down to me) so I felt I was qualified by definition.
Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte...
by coachdarek on Sunday October 27, 2019 @03:55PM
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The majority of general Google SWE interviewees rarely interface with a hiring manager; they're only interviewed by other engineers.
Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte...
by yitchelle on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:22AM
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But if you are training the candidate for either FAAN and not for G, would G see this as a conflict?
I don’t collect any referral bonuses from google nor do I provide any internal google questions to students. What we do is teach data structures and how to communicate these ideas in an interview setting.
The parts that’s “gaming” is that the interview process is quite standardized which I’ve found a way to prepare others for.
Regarding conflict of interest, big tech companies have decided being good at hackerrank interviews = being a good engineer. So I’m training good engineer in their eyes which is a good thing for tech giants.