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Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test

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1764 points fatihky | 2 comments | 13 Oct 16 15:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.707s | source
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burkaman ◴[13 Oct 16 15:44 UTC] No.12701499[source]▶
Is this common for higher level positions at Google? I've gotten a similar kind of phone screen, but for an entry level software engineer position, and getting a few "wrong" was not a big deal. It's just so they can avoid setting up a real interview with someone who doesn't know the basics.

If the call actually went like this, it seems like you just hit a new/not very good recruiter.

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1. adekok ◴[13 Oct 16 15:57 UTC] No.12701630[source]▶
> It's just so they can avoid setting up a real interview with someone who doesn't know the basics.

They're (allegedly) interviewing for a Director of Engineering. If google can't even google the guy and look at his track record, code, whatever, they don't deserve to have competent people working for them.

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2. burkaman ◴[13 Oct 16 16:08 UTC] No.12701714[source]▶
I know, that's why I would be surprised if this is standard practice for high level positions. But even if it is, this is unusually bad execution. My recruiter had at least surface level knowledge of the concepts and was able to ask follow-up questions if I got something half right, he wasn't just looking for verbatim responses.