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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by johannes1234321 on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:06PM (#22405883)
Maybe it's a good filter for them. If people start complaining in the interview process they will complain at work, too. Maybe such a process only keeps the ones who are eager and willing to work there and will continue their tasks even when jerked around ...
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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by yongjik on Monday February 24, 2020 @01:18PM (#22406661)
Nope, if that's the intention then it's obviously not working because Google employees are famous for complaining about everything, from the choices of microkitchen snacks to high-level decisions by SVPs (Google+, anyone?) to whether exceptions should be allowed in C++ to ..., well you get the idea.

* Worked at Google until 2015. Culture might have changed a bit since then.

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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by vanusa on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:42PM (#22406263)
Maybe such a process only keeps the ones who are eager and willing to work there and will continue their tasks even when jerked around ...

Yup, that's how I decode it as well.

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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by allenu on Monday February 24, 2020 @06:10PM (#22409416)
I agree. I think that's at play here even if Google or their hiring department will never admit it.

Having a long, drawn-out process will dissuade a lot of older workers with families who may not have time to invest in practicing for the interviews or scheduling them all, again maybe something Google benefits from if they want to have young workers who are more easily shaped and eager to devote more time to their jobs.

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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by downerending on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:46PM (#22406315)
I don't complain in the interview process, and I don't complain at work, either.

But I do vote with my feet.

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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by twmiller on Monday February 24, 2020 @12:09PM (#22405913)
...sounds like the kind of place I’d want to work. /s
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Re:Google interviewing process for software developer role i... by thatiscool on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @12:40AM (#22411168)
are you saying FANG likes slaves?
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