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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: 0.468s | source
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endtime ◴[13 Oct 16 15:51 UTC] No.12701581[source]▶
I've been at Google for five years as a SWE and I've been interviewing for 3 of those. I'd fail this pop quiz.

This strikes me as bizarre and inconsistent with all the practices I'm aware of. The idea that we'd ask anyone this stuff, let alone director candidates, strains belief.

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caoilte ◴[13 Oct 16 16:35 UTC] No.12701992[source]▶
The only way this makes "sense" is if you already have the candidate (or pool of H1-B candidates) you want in mind, but have to prove you opened up the position to the general public first.
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1. smrtinsert ◴[13 Oct 16 16:54 UTC] No.12702157[source]▶
My company posts positions available in a common area as part of an H1B related initiative in order to verify that no US techie wants the job before they go looking for the candidate. They were offering around .6 of typical salary given position and location. Shameful what is happening in tech right now, absolutely shameful.
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2. deadmik3 ◴[13 Oct 16 17:41 UTC] No.12702574[source]▶
I interned at a large company that stapled stacks of job descriptions labeled "H1-B OPPORTUNITY" on bulletin boards outside the elevators. They listed salaries that were super underpaid, and everyone I worked with was clearly an H1-B employee. It's disgusting how shameless some of these companies are.