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My experience hiring at (YouTube.. at the google campus), was similar to the original post. 3 phone screens (which I must have done ok on), and then they flew

by cmollis 10y ago

My experience hiring at (YouTube.. at the google campus), was similar to the original post. 3 phone screens (which I must have done ok on), and then they flew me out to CA. I went through the interview process.. got tripped up on the 'puzzle' questions (which I thought was bullshit for a Python programming job.. but whatever), and then didn't get the job. I actually agree with what was said in the original post: this process probably works well for the type of employee Google/Youtube wants to hire.. shame on me for not doing my homework.. I guess. However, I can tell you what definitely was a complete turn-off, was the odd obsession of seemingly everyone there with where I/(you) went to school. At least 5 times: me: 'I live near Princeton'. they: 'oh, did you go to Princeton??!!! (elation)'. me: 'No.. I went to a state school'. they: 'oh.. ' me: (silently) 'yeah.. I'm sorry. It gets better.' Again, whatever.. in truth, I appreciated the opportunity to interview.. no big deal. What was even weirder after that was, for no less than 6 years, to be 'actively' recruited (again) by Google. My position each time was: thanks, but not interested in going through another bullshit interview where I'm continuously reminded that I didn't go to Princeton. I'm just not Google material. In all seriousness, in my opinion, Google is one of the best companies in the world and is run and staffed by the best minds in the Industry. My hat's off to them for all of their accomplishments. I just don't want to work there (even if I could :)

munificent 10y ago
> However, I can tell you what definitely was a complete turn-off, > was the odd obsession of seemingly everyone there with where I/(you) > went to school. Ugh, that's really frustrating. I'd like to think they were just searching for common ground, but jeez. Candidates should be judged based on what they know, not where they happened to have acquired that knowledge. I am a college dropout and I had no idea what a rare breed I was at Google until after I got hired. (I came from the game industry where college degrees weren't as important.) There are so many over-achievers here, that I think many Googlers have never even considered that someone may not have gone to one of the top ten CS schools in the US. Especially in Mountain View, literally everyone they know probably has. It's a weird bubble.
- D-Coder 10y ago
  "It's a weird bubble." So you imply they're doing a bubble sort on candidates?

by cmollis 10y ago

munificent 10y ago

> However, I can tell you what definitely was a complete turn-off, > was the odd obsession of seemingly everyone there with where I/(you) > went to school. Ugh, that's really frustrating. I'd like to think they were just searching for common ground, but jeez. Candidates should be judged based on what they know, not where they happened to have acquired that knowledge. I am a college dropout and I had no idea what a rare breed I was at Google until after I got hired. (I came from the game industry where college degrees weren't as important.) There are so many over-achievers here, that I think many Googlers have never even considered that someone may not have gone to one of the top ten CS schools in the US. Especially in Mountain View, literally everyone they know probably has. It's a weird bubble.

D-Coder 10y ago
"It's a weird bubble." So you imply they're doing a bubble sort on candidates?