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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by Tainnor on Monday April 14, 2025 @07:51AM (#43680286)

IME, this was true four years ago. Few rounds, assessments were mostly take homes or in-person "implement a feature" style, interview questions didn't seem to be built to trip you up.

Now, every job I apply for has 4-5 rounds, leetcode is more common, they do behavioural and system design rounds that you have to prepare for, etc. One job I applied to even asked me two behavioural questions via email before I even talked to someone. Something's truly off.

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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by Kaethar on Monday April 14, 2025 @08:43AM (#43680676)

Wait till you get a self recorded behavioral interview. I truly wonder if there is that much value to be extracted out of 10 minutes of people awkwardly responding to questions while trying their best to fill in the silence.

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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by Tainnor on Monday April 14, 2025 @10:14AM (#43681557)

I think I'm not yet desperate to the point that I would agree to that.

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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by selimthegrim on Monday April 14, 2025 @11:52AM (#43682668)

I had to do one of those for some local government lobbyists association in DC. They ended up hiring some undergrad instead.

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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by selimthegrim on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @09:37AM (#43692515)

And just got asked to do another one for an internship

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Re:Googler... ex-Googler by Tainnor on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @01:46PM (#43696146)

Sorry to hear that. I feel that tech hiring has become full of weird gatekeepers that probably wouldn't even be able to pass their own weird challenges.

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