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Google doesn't ask questions like these. In fact, they train interviewers to _not_ ask questions like these.
by babycakes 17y ago
Google doesn't ask questions like these. In fact, they train interviewers to _not_ ask questions like these.
- apower 17y agoI got answered this kind of puzzle questions when I interviewed with Google.
- derwiki 17y agoI was skeptical reading these questions, because when I did phone screen at Google, I got very practical questions about map reduce and skip lists. I do know that many companies still use riddles like these, however.
- emily37 17y agoWhat companies? In internship interviews at MS, Google, Fog Creek, others, I've never been asked a question anything like these. (thank god)
- derwiki 17y agoI was asked a "crossing a river with a box and two locks" question when I interviewed for a full time database development position (database engine, that is). The question was related to public key encryption... which was something the position never even came close to requiring.
- barrkel 17y agoAnd creating your own encryption protocols from encryption primitives is easy to get wrong, even after you figure out something that seems to follow the rules, because of all sorts of gotchas.
- abossy 17y agoI first heard several of these questions specifically from multiple friends that were doing interviews at Google and were asked about them during their interviews. This was 2-3 years ago. Has their policy changed since then? I'm sure the questions vary a lot by manager. Perhaps some of them simply reference what's familiar.
- apower 17y agoYou must work for Google to know this. Given that, your answers are bias toward Google.