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You say Google et al want people who don't just "do what they're told", yet one of the most distinguishing aspects of these places is a hiring process that spec
by eigenvector 7y ago
You say Google et al want people who don't just "do what they're told", yet one of the most distinguishing aspects of these places is a hiring process that specifically selects for people willing to jump through absurd hoops and full buy-in to the corporate mythology that doing this means you are simply better and smarter than anyone who doesn't.
That's not how you foster counterculture. In fact, that's probably why Google went so long without any internal employee conflict.
- wetha 7y agoWhat is an example of these absurd hoops you talk of, w.r.t the google interview process specifically? I just went through the process and had a much more positive experience, so i’m interested to know.
- eigenvector 7y agoThe fact that you are meant to specifically study for the interview unlike 99% of all other companies, so the interview to a large extent evaluates how much time you've spent willingly studying the Google interview - i.e. how much you really, really want to work specifically at Google. It's not exactly a recipe for hiring people that are going to push back on corporate decisions.