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I can't reply to your other comment but I worked there several years ago. Am I brilliant? No. Did I study my ass off and understand the company's hiring practic
by notliketherest 10y ago
I can't reply to your other comment but I worked there several years ago. Am I brilliant? No. Did I study my ass off and understand the company's hiring practice in and out BECAUSE I WANTED A JOB THERE? absolutely. I didn't go in with some attitude like this guy in the article and resign myself to failure because of preconceived notions.
- tehwebguy 10y agoYou are explaining the problem exactly! Author spends their time building software; Hired Google employee spent their time studying to win the interview game.
- notliketherest 10y agoYou realize that "winning the interview game" consists of what's called "practicing"? Do you expect to succeed in life by winging it? I'm really taken aback by how many people think they're entitled to passing job interviews without preparing for them.
- GFischer 10y agoThe problem is when the interview has absolutely nothing to do with the day to day work the hired employee is expected to do. So someone who wants to be hired has to spend a lot of time and effort learning stuff that are only marginally useful - knowledge isn't bad per se, but it might be a bad allocation of resources. I'm not saying that it is so in Google's case, only that I've seen and participated in interviews where questions had no relevance to the job description.