Re:Some fun stats from the Google interview
by arkitaip on Friday July 30, 2021 @05:03AM
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> It took the total of 5 recruiters to arrange the interview. Yep, literally, 5 (!) different people talked to me so far.
> Time-wise it took ~30 days
I guess when you have crazy overhead you might as well put the people to work, even if they are costing you a fortune and contribute to negative PR because your recruiting practices are coming off as detached from reality [0].
> I chose Java as my main language.
> 3 out of 3 technical interviewers didn’t know about `var` keyword (available since Java 10). They thought I accidentally switched to Kotlin.
> 1 out of 1 didn’t know about records (in preview since Java 14)
Just because they work at Google doesn't mean they are all that.
[0] Does anyone seriously believe that the average new employee quality is higher now than it was 20 years ago when their recruiting practices were simpler faster and cheaper?
> Time-wise it took ~30 days
I guess when you have crazy overhead you might as well put the people to work, even if they are costing you a fortune and contribute to negative PR because your recruiting practices are coming off as detached from reality [0].
> I chose Java as my main language.
> 3 out of 3 technical interviewers didn’t know about `var` keyword (available since Java 10). They thought I accidentally switched to Kotlin.
> 1 out of 1 didn’t know about records (in preview since Java 14)
Just because they work at Google doesn't mean they are all that.
[0] Does anyone seriously believe that the average new employee quality is higher now than it was 20 years ago when their recruiting practices were simpler faster and cheaper?