Re:Ask HN: Joining Big Tech in One’s 40s
by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:04PM
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Does Google interview training emphasize that? Even in companies that claim not to give leetcode questions, they do pop up; everyone isn't really on the same page and there seems to be a lot of luck involved.
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I went through interview training 5+ years ago, but that was covered then and I believe it's still covered now. Because interviews are mostly conducted by engineers who do it as an occasional thing there are many inexperienced interviewers.
(Speaking only for myself)
Re:Ask HN: Joining Big Tech in One’s 40s
by joshuamorton on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @08:03PM
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Yes.
The other important bit is that you often don't need to just find the optimal solution to get good ratings. For the question I used to use, I've had perhaps one person get the optimal solution without any hints. None have solved the extensions without hints. I've given more than one Strong Hire rating.