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Again, always? If they buy the company that you built specifically to get access to you, do you think you'll still end up getting screened out by some junior d
by jasonkester 8y ago
Again, always?
If they buy the company that you built specifically to get access to you, do you think you'll still end up getting screened out by some junior dev on a whiteboard? All policies have exceptions. Your goal is to be exceptional.
- twblalock 8y agoYes, always. It is company policy. Google takes its standardized interview process more seriously than any other company I've heard of, except maybe Palantir.
- josephcooney 8y agoSo, you're telling me they made Vint Cerf do a whiteboard interview?
- khazhoux 8y agoI don't know, someone would have to ask Vint. But it is a plain fact that Google interviews the engineers of a potential acquisition. For a small company, they'll pick and choose which ones to keep. For a large company, I don't know. The CEO may or may not go through the full interview process -- I've seen it both ways, seems to depend on whether they're buddies with the VP.
- chillacy 8y agoThe problem is that exceptional isn’t a binary quality, exceptional at google is going to be another level than exceptional at some obscure contracting firm.
- postingtoofast 8y agoThe only exception I can think of is being acquired. Which does not trigger the regular interview rounds.
- khazhoux 8y ago> If they buy the company that you built specifically to get access to you, do you think you'll still end up getting screened out by some junior dev on a whiteboard? In this case probably not, but you'll have to do several rounds with the VPs. Of course the tenor is very different, more conversational / situtational instead of technical questions. But you're still being sniffed out. Unless you're already pals with the VP.