Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test

Is this for real? Wow. Reads like someone spoofing the real Google interview.

For "Director of Engineering" they have a technical illiterate (nothing wrong with that, in other contexts) check for literal matches of answers? the mind boggles.

(I'm really having a hard time believing this is for real)

I've had somewhat similar experience with other big companies. People wonder why I hate to change jobs.

Believe it. The depths of corporate absurdity know few bounds.

On what data are you basing this?

This is a phone screen - the test they make you answer before they take the time to schedule actual interviews.

There's no reason to sealion this, but here's a recent article that talks about exactly this topic: https://aeon.co/essays/you-don-t-have-to-be-stupid-to-work-h...

Possibly same as everyone else: Been applying for a few jobs over the years ;-)

Director of Engineering is a soft-skills position that involves communicating with a lot of non-technical people. It doesn't surprise me at all that the initial screen would be a conversation with a non-technical person.