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They don’t, and if you’ve got the G-factor, pun intended, to get an offer at Google you can get an offer anywhere. Which, honestly, makes this repository all th
by akhilcacharya 8y ago
They don’t, and if you’ve got the G-factor, pun intended, to get an offer at Google you can get an offer anywhere. Which, honestly, makes this repository all the more confusing to me.
I’m sure there are some people that have lived only within this ecosystem, but that’s the possibly the height of privilege.
- badcoderman 8y agoEh you'd be surprised, I couldn't even get an interview with some places, got denied from others, but now work at Google doing full stack. Every technology I use though is Google internal, and I don't have much knowledge of full stack development outside of Google. Some companies just test your algo / ds / system design knowledge, and sure I do fine there, but any specific knowledge I'm useless. TBH I think I'm not very good at any one language either because I often have to switch
- akhilcacharya 8y agoThat’s what I’m saying, you’ve proven to be smart enough to figure it out. Besides it’s a moot point since no company that competes with Google for talent asks exclusively domain specific questions in their interview loops.
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- lazyasciiart 8y agoDoesn't every college hire at FANG fit that description?
- akhilcacharya 8y agoNot necessarily - there are more options at the FANG I am at for this to happen.
- q3k 8y agoI've had companies reject me explicitly because they had bad experience with other googlers. I'm honestly considering dropping it from my CV.