Interviewing at Google, Facebook, Foursquare, Dropbox, Fog Creek, etc

Re:Interviewing at Google, Facebook, Foursquare, Dropbox, Fo... by nvarsj on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @11:55PM (#4011461)

I think you're missing his point. Work experience should be proof enough in our industry. A high-stress interview process does not really prove anything.

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Re:Interviewing at Google, Facebook, Foursquare, Dropbox, Fo... by jrockway on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @02:46AM (#4011872)

Work experience doesn't prove anything either. People can lie about their credentials. People can have very easy jobs. People can be hated by all of their coworkers. "I worked at X company for Y years" means exactly nothing to me.

Hire people solely based on "work experience" and a ten minute chat and let me know how well you company of 10,000 people does. My prediction is that you will be unhappy with the results.

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