Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by freework on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:19PM
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I did a phone interview with Google last week. I was given the exact same counter problem as mentioned in the article. I can verify that I was not asked to sign any NDA at any point.
Phone screenings do not require signing an NDA (just a "we explicitly ask you not to share the questions you're asked"), but if they bring you on site you will be asked to sign one.
Except when not. When I was interviewing they didn't make me sign one. They rejected me for the original position, but later occasionally called me with some alternate options. These calls usually went like:
- We would be interested in having you at/as ... but before the specifics, you signed an NDA, right?
- No, I have not.
- Oh, then good luck, bye.
They're doing it ever so slightly wrong if they just take your word for it like that!
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by mosesschwartz on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:42PM
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When I interviewed they did not ask for an NDA during the phone interviews, but they did have me sign one before the on-site interview.
For what it's worth, I had an overall positive experience interviewing with Google.
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by tobyjsullivan on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @01:36PM
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The phone interviews are not but the in person ones are. I'm sure it has to do with the fact that you are onsite and may oversee confidential information but they explicitly stated to me that it covered the interview questions.
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by icedchai on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @05:23PM
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how would they enforce it? not hire him? send him a naughty letter?
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by throwaway86 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:14PM
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Breach of a nondisclosure is breaking a contract. Civil tort. Lawsuit. And so on.
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by icedchai on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @10:21PM
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I understand that can happen. But I doubt, very much, that it would happen over something as trivial as disclosing information about an interview.
Re:A Wretched Google Interview Experience
by throwaway86 on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @04:24AM
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You asked how they would enforce it. You did not ask for a likely outcome, you asked for possible outcomes. If you want specific answers, ask specific questions.
For what it's worth, my one experience with Google recruiting last year was the polar opposite. They were curious and professional, of more knowledgeable recruiters I've dealt with, and timely in scheduling interviews. I had my first and only phone interview within a couple weeks if contract (which I needed and used to go through the extensive list of prep material they provided). Then I had an onsite interview a couple weeks later. Bam. Done.