Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by starpilot on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @03:56PM
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Maybe Google has studied all of those things and found whiteboarding to be the best predictor. The company seems to be doing well, so something must be working with their hiring. They dropped GPA/college requirements so they're clearly open to non-traditional backgrounds.
Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:05PM
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> The company seems to be doing well, so something must be working with their hiring.
People use this argument often, but is technical competence of engineers- specifically at passing their interview process -the explanation for their economic success? And not market penetration, near-monopoly positions, great UX, etc.?
Not to mention, as we've seen in the high-profile Facebook SDK crashes this past week, share price doesn't necessarily mean product quality.
Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by pb7 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:29PM
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>Not to mention, as we've seen in the high-profile Facebook SDK crashes this past week, share price doesn't necessarily mean product quality.
These events are noteworthy because of how rare they are for such a large software-based company.
Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s...
by Apocryphon on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:32PM
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It was the second time it's happened in a matter of months- the first time was in May.
It's also noteworthy because of how destabilizing this was for the immense number of apps that depend on that software.
That's the crazy thing about this. FAANG has near-infinite resources, relatively speaking. Google could be A/B testing their interviewing process, experimenting new approaches, experimenting (as the OP study did) with eye-trackers and other tech to try to gain insights on candidate behavior. They have the "engineering for the sake of engineering" and "innovation for the sake of innovation" culture that allows for moonshots and boondoggles. I don't think they're exactly known for following "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", given how many times they kill off products only to recreate them later on, especially their chat apps.
Yet they stick to the traditional whiteboarding method because-- why?