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I run into the "Google Interview" almost everywhere now days.

by jarsin 8y ago

mixmastamyk 8y ago
Indeed, every two-bit operation is using coder-pad these days, even a certain unamed greeting card company running on google app engine.
scarface74 8y ago
I can speak about my last 5 jobs over 10 years. Before that, I stayed at one company way too long. Job 1 - I had already been working at one company way too long. But I wasn’t asked any tough technical questions. I explained both my professional experience, and that I got my start as a hobbyist in 86 in 6th grade. To be honest, with my programming experience I was overqualified for the job, but I wanted to get into .Net and away from C so I took a high level entry job as a .Net developer and it was basically a vertical salary move (wage compression is real). 2. I remember having a real simple written test that made sure I could write FizzBuzz, knew the basics of .Net and knew how to design and use databases. After that, I sat down and did pair programming with an IDE where I had to make failing unit tests pass. Again I was still punching below my weight class, but I was more concerned with learning than maximizing salary. It was a 10K bump and with a well known at the time Fortune 10 company. 3. Basic technical interview making sure I knew .Net, JavaScript and relational database theory. They asked a lot of questions about architecture and my “whiteboard interview” was drawing out a relatively complex, scalable system. 4. Slightly technical but the main question I remember is “tell me what steps are you going to take to create this software development department we need”. I was interviewing for a Dev lead position without knowing it. 5. “Here are some real world issues we are having with our architecture. We are on AWS. How are you going to solve them?” Yes I’m still supposedly a hands on developer.
- kamaal 8y ago
  Companies that consider themselves special generally "Google Interviews". That include bulk of the FAANG class companies, or any body who pays in the same ball park. There are also a huge alumni of the FAANG club, who have a vested interested in doing "Google Interviews". Basically these people have spent so much time(thousands of hours) that the only way they can justify it is by making that interview process that way. Anybody who hasn't spent that kind of effort is obviously beneath their station. But I hope you see where this is going. >>Here are some real world issues we are having with our architecture. We are on AWS. How are you going to solve them The "Google Interview" club likely won't ask you these questions. Their job isn't to build software. It is to get good at interviews, if you are good at interviews, interviewing is your day job, as practicing questions brings you a raise/promotion/title-change every year. Why waste time building software?
  - scarface74 8y ago
    And that’s why I’ve never had any interest in the Silicon Valley/Startup culture. I’m very happy in a major metropolitan area with a relatively low cost of living anf a good relative salary working as an “Enterprise developer/architect”.

I run into the "Google Interview" almost everywhere now days.

by jarsin 8y ago

I run into the "Google Interview" almost everywhere now days.

Indeed, every two-bit operation is using coder-pad these days, even a certain unamed greeting card company running on google app engine.

scarface74 8y ago

I can speak about my last 5 jobs over 10 years. Before that, I stayed at one company way too long. Job 1 - I had already been working at one company way too long. But I wasn’t asked any tough technical questions. I explained both my professional experience, and that I got my start as a hobbyist in 86 in 6th grade. To be honest, with my programming experience I was overqualified for the job, but I wanted to get into .Net and away from C so I took a high level entry job as a .Net developer and it was basically a vertical salary move (wage compression is real). 2. I remember having a real simple written test that made sure I could write FizzBuzz, knew the basics of .Net and knew how to design and use databases. After that, I sat down and did pair programming with an IDE where I had to make failing unit tests pass. Again I was still punching below my weight class, but I was more concerned with learning than maximizing salary. It was a 10K bump and with a well known at the time Fortune 10 company. 3. Basic technical interview making sure I knew .Net, JavaScript and relational database theory. They asked a lot of questions about architecture and my “whiteboard interview” was drawing out a relatively complex, scalable system. 4. Slightly technical but the main question I remember is “tell me what steps are you going to take to create this software development department we need”. I was interviewing for a Dev lead position without knowing it. 5. “Here are some real world issues we are having with our architecture. We are on AWS. How are you going to solve them?” Yes I’m still supposedly a hands on developer.

kamaal 8y ago
Companies that consider themselves special generally "Google Interviews". That include bulk of the FAANG class companies, or any body who pays in the same ball park. There are also a huge alumni of the FAANG club, who have a vested interested in doing "Google Interviews". Basically these people have spent so much time(thousands of hours) that the only way they can justify it is by making that interview process that way. Anybody who hasn't spent that kind of effort is obviously beneath their station. But I hope you see where this is going. >>Here are some real world issues we are having with our architecture. We are on AWS. How are you going to solve them The "Google Interview" club likely won't ask you these questions. Their job isn't to build software. It is to get good at interviews, if you are good at interviews, interviewing is your day job, as practicing questions brings you a raise/promotion/title-change every year. Why waste time building software?
- scarface74 8y ago
  And that’s why I’ve never had any interest in the Silicon Valley/Startup culture. I’m very happy in a major metropolitan area with a relatively low cost of living anf a good relative salary working as an “Enterprise developer/architect”.