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I'm amused by all the "nothing" responses. At Google, a candidate was referred to our team but had chosen to do all his interview questions in Python. This lef

by boulos 9y ago

I'm amused by all the "nothing" responses. At Google, a candidate was referred to our team but had chosen to do all his interview questions in Python. This left me unable to discern "Can this candidate write code in C that actually understands memory handling and pointers?". Luckily, he had a GitHub repo for his work on a FUSE layer he had written that demonstrated that not only could he write in C, he also had reasonable commit hygiene (good commit messages, reasonable granularity, etc.). I would never begrudge someone for having an empty GitHub profile (mine is unimpressive), but I've definitely both decided for and against candidates given the extra data it provides.

good_vibes 9y ago
Noted. I got the Google foobar challenge a year ago while on a flight to Seattle. I didn't finish it because I was still a noob at the time (it happened when I googled a few things about Angular 2). Will I ever get it again or did I blow it? I would ideally like to work at Amazon or Google, both companies have had a major impact on my quality of life and I would love to contribute in a meaningful way. I still get weekly emails for job openings at Google but I've done a lot of adventure travel in the last year between entry-level tech jobs and had to work through some personal issues before I could get back on my 'A-game' for expanding my skillset. What advice/tips can you offer me about making a quality portfolio site from what you've seen at Google?