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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by BinaryIdiot on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @08:10PM (#9696549)
My experience wasn't a real life type one more academic instead. My interviewer was really late and refused to let me finish my data structure implementation to optimize a single method instead. When we finished it was time for him to go. He wouldn't let me go back to finish my data structure as he didn't have the time.

I was later declined. Had a couple of friends at google ask the interviewer. He said I was declined for not finishing my data structure.

Their interviewing process was quite frustrating. I'm fine with getting declined but not under those circumstances.

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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by reagency on Thursday June 11, 2015 @03:26AM (#9698170)
Your story can't be true because interviewers do not make hiring decisions at Google.
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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by BinaryIdiot on Thursday June 11, 2015 @11:24AM (#9700247)
I can assure you my story is accurate. The interviewers do not make decisions regarding the entire hiring event but they do give feedback regarding how you did in each interview. I was given poor feedback due to, according to him, a zero tolerance like policy where the data model for that particular question had to be complete and I was unable to complete it.

That was my first technical interview over the phone so it was pretty obvious it was related to that single interview. One of the Googlers I knew that checked the system said the same.

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Re:Google: 90% of our engineers use the software you wrote (... by raverbashing on Thursday June 11, 2015 @02:44PM (#9701478)
Really?

I had the impression that they all had to agree for a hire. Hence one no means no hire.

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