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Maybe not for you ;) The rest of us usually need a few weeks to prepare for these algorithms-heavy interviews. I'd rather know in advance if it's worth the trou
by pyb 11y ago
Maybe not for you ;) The rest of us usually need a few weeks to prepare for these algorithms-heavy interviews. I'd rather know in advance if it's worth the trouble!
- hamburglar 11y agoIt's worth it. Don't worry, it took me weeks too. It really helps if you are the kind of person who actually likes doing the dumb algorithm exercises. I accidentally did something clever by interviewing at a handful of small companies I wasn't very interested in first, so I got to warm up the interview-question region of my brain.
- pyb 11y agoI regularly hear these rumours, but the only actual datapoint I ever found is not that encouraging ... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aXboiWpvoOwJ:careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/103773/ios-android-software-engineer-google-deepmind%3F%26offset%3D9+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:aXboiWp...
- krschultz 11y agoCheck Glassdoor, Payscale, etc for better data than that.
- pyb 11y agoFWIW, Glassdoor mostly matches the 1 datapoint above (which was £45-65k) https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/Google-London-Salaries-EI_IE9079.0,6_IL.7,13_IM1035.htm https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salary/Google-London-Salaries-EI... The averages being, in my area: SDE £61,668 SDE III £64,190 Senior SDE £84,307
- ThePawnBreak 11y agoThe salaries discussed in these comments are only valid for San Francisco / Seattle / New York. London has incredibly bad compensation for programmers, relative to the cost of living.
- krschultz 11y agoI spent every weekend for 2 months preparing. Best investment of time I've ever spent in my life.