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I wouldn't say that's necessary. I've been in a senior role for 5 years and I somewhat recently interviewed at Google for an SRE/SW position with basically no
by xyzzy_plugh 7y ago
I wouldn't say that's necessary.
I've been in a senior role for 5 years and I somewhat recently interviewed at Google for an SRE/SW position with basically no prep (did maybe two practice exercises) and passed it no problem. I turned them down for a variety of reasons, but if I were to interview again I might even spend less time practicing.
It's true, however, that at some companies, performance impacts leveling and compensation, so there's surely value in being (possibly even over-) prepared.
- sjf 7y agoYou sound like an outlier, I routinely interview senior engineers applying to Google and a massive majority do not pass the coding test. I would say half are not even in the ballpark of passing.
- delphinius81 7y agoWell in SV all you have to do is work at a startup for more than a year to get "promoted" to senior/lead developer, so it's not surprising that many people applying for those roles aren't actually at that level.