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Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test

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1764 points fatihky | 4 comments | 13 Oct 16 15:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.727s | source
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plinkplonk ◴[13 Oct 16 15:42 UTC] No.12701464[source]▶
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)

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1. cookiecaper ◴[13 Oct 16 15:49 UTC] No.12701563[source]▶
Believe it. The depths of corporate absurdity know few bounds.
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2. DannyBee ◴[13 Oct 16 16:36 UTC] No.12702001[source]▶
On what data are you basing this?
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3. spb ◴[13 Oct 16 17:10 UTC] No.12702316[source]▶
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...
4. reitanqild ◴[13 Oct 16 17:32 UTC] No.12702502[source]▶
Possibly same as everyone else: Been applying for a few jobs over the years ;-)