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While it's undeniable that Google has an excellent engineering team, it's also undeniable that their products often/usually leave a lot to be desired from the e
by exstudent2 10y ago
While it's undeniable that Google has an excellent engineering team, it's also undeniable that their products often/usually leave a lot to be desired from the end-user perspective. There's definitely a missing piece of the puzzle there when it comes to UX and human-centric design. Who's to say that their focus on low-level engineering at all costs hasn't left something on the table?
I can't say for sure that their interviewing process is broken but as a user of many Google products (many of which get randomly discontinued) I will say there's something lacking.
- solipsism 10y agoThis is a red herring. Name a company that doesn't leave something to be desired. No company is perfect. The idea that Google's imperfections have something to do with their hiring practices is not prima facie ridiculous, but you've offered exactly zero support for it. You're just lobbing out complete conjecture. How does that advance the conversation at all?
- exstudent2 10y agoWhy are you being so defensive? I'll go further and say that Google's products are _uniquely_ bad as far as UX go. There's definitely missing product thinking in that organization.
- solipsism 10y agoIt seems you didn't understand my last comment. You're making logical leaps here without connecting any dots. Google's hiring is broken does not follow from Google's UI sucks. You need to put some connecting logic in there if you want to convince anyone that you're even on topic right now.
- exstudent2 10y ago> Google's hiring is broken does not follow from Google's UI sucks. Who do you think is building the UI and products? People that made it through the hiring process.