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Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte... by dragonwriter on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:29PM (#21366352)
> Don’t you think it’s silly that Google’s interviews are so ineffective that candidates need to learn how to “game” them?

Don't you mean "effective"? I assume that given the ratio of applicants to positions, the primary purpose of the interview process is to eliminate as many unacceptable candidates as possible, not to identify as many acceptable candidates as possible.

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Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte... by coachdarek on Saturday October 26, 2019 @06:01PM (#21366520)
The FAANG interview is meant to reduce the number of false positives, however, the cost is having a lot of false negatives. This isn't really a problem for them since they have so many applicants.
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Re:I'm a Google SWE that's coached 50 through the FAANG inte... by dilyevsky on Sunday October 27, 2019 @07:40PM (#21373198)
If by “effective” we mean “deny most everyone” then yeah it’s very much so. If we mean “hire people right for the job” then no one actually knows this because a test would require control group. I would argue that if some leetcoding and other rote can make a significant difference it’s probably not effective.
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