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Re:How I Embarrassed Myself in My Interview With Google by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 19, 2013 @03:16PM (#6577432)
(Non snark ahead) Could this be why working at Google is no longer the prize it once was? And why developers would rather go to Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, et al?
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Re:How I Embarrassed Myself in My Interview With Google by yongjik on Saturday October 19, 2013 @03:26PM (#6577477)
(Completely idiotic response ahead) Umm, really? Every day I see thousands of developers who would rather work in Google than Facebook... :)

(Non snarky response) I dunno. I joined Google in 2008, and as far as I know Google was always like that. So, unless you claim developers have preferred Facebook etc. to Google for more than 5 years now, it's probably not related to the interview process.

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Re:How I Embarrassed Myself in My Interview With Google by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 19, 2013 @03:31PM (#6577496)
From Glassdoor's data, it appears Facebook employees rate their experience better than Google employees from 2009-2012:

http://www.glassdoor.com/press/wp-content/files_mf/133228554...

Also base rate is higher at Facebook, and interview difficulty is rated lower at Facebook.

Somewhat disappointing, as I'm a huge fan of Google.

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Re:How I Embarrassed Myself in My Interview With Google by alexgartrell on Saturday October 19, 2013 @03:44PM (#6577539)
I chose Facebook over Google two years ago (despite a more lucrative offer from Google), because I wanted to go where I could have more of an impact. The interview processes are nearly identical. One of my go-to questions was a question I got asked at Google, actually.
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