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1764 points fatihky | 1 comments | 13 Oct 16 15:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | 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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1. jlarocco ◴[13 Oct 16 17:06 UTC] No.12702271[source]▶

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As another data point, when I interviewed at Google a few years ago I had a phone interview with some of these exact questions.

Also, judging by the smugness of the people I interviewed, the "We'll stop here because it's obvious you don't have the skills..." part doesn't surprise me either.

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Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test