Re:Facebook senior software engineer interview
by blisterpeanuts on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @03:23PM
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I didn't state that I had issues with his age. I merely observed that he was probably half my age; he talked and behaved rather immaturely.
I work with younger folks all the time and 90% of them are perfectly fine; actually I enjoy their energy and drive (and there are plenty of older jerks out there). This guy, I didn't enjoy. When I hung up the phone, I was not angry, as I recall. Just disappointed that a great company would have such petty people vetting applicants. You don't have to agree with me. I'm not even sure what we're arguing about at this point; if you're just trying to prove I'm a jerk... fine, I was a jerk that day. Happy now? Have a nice day. I don't work at Amazon and I'm having a wonderful day :)
Re:Facebook senior software engineer interview
by notretarded on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @06:03PM
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If it didn't matter you wouldn't have mentioned it.
Unnecessary description.
Amazon isn't great environment in most of the pockets of the company (haven't worked there, but worked with a lot of people who came from there), so it's quite possible that you "dodged the bullet".
But only when pressed, you start to complain how interviewer is immature, arrogant, rigid. That's not what you originally stated - you had issues with an interviewer age and being asked to do coding. I'm not trying to defend the interviewer - it's very possible that they were bad interviewers - big tech companies push people early to start interviewing. But things that you complained about initially make it sound like you maybe also not a very pleasant candidate to work with, that comes into the interview with a lot of bias.