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This is a really common question and I’d be happy to elaborate. I don’t collect any referral bonuses from google nor do I provide any internal google questions

This is a really common question and I’d be happy to elaborate. I don’t collect any referral bonuses from google nor do I provide any internal google questions to students. What we do is teach data structures and how to communicate these ideas in an interview setting. The parts that’s “gaming” is that the interview process is quite standardized which I’ve found a way to prepare others for. Regarding conflict of interest, big tech companies have decided being good at hackerrank interviews = being a good engineer. So I’m training good engineer in their eyes which is a good thing for tech giants.

perl4ever 7y ago
I was contacted by a Google recruiter once when I was a "programmer/analyst" but not for a software engineer position. I got as far as talking on the phone with the hiring manager, but was not called for an interview. Apparently I was obviously "not their type", but it wasn't a technical screen, so I don't think I was disqualified for lack of knowledge of say, data structures. So, I still kind of wonder what it takes to be hired for a job that isn't the stereotypical Google SWE, because even though I didn't (and still don't) think of myself as a super genius, it's a fact that I was doing data processing for them which they were paying a handsome amount for (which didn't trickle down to me) so I felt I was qualified by definition.
- coachdarek 7y ago
  The majority of general Google SWE interviewees rarely interface with a hiring manager; they're only interviewed by other engineers.
tomludus 7y ago
I would be stunned if this is how Google views the situation.
- bradlys 7y ago
  If they didn't view it this way then I presume they'd probably be opening themselves to litigation - in some country...
yitchelle 7y ago
But if you are training the candidate for either FAAN and not for G, would G see this as a conflict?

perl4ever 7y ago

I was contacted by a Google recruiter once when I was a "programmer/analyst" but not for a software engineer position. I got as far as talking on the phone with the hiring manager, but was not called for an interview. Apparently I was obviously "not their type", but it wasn't a technical screen, so I don't think I was disqualified for lack of knowledge of say, data structures. So, I still kind of wonder what it takes to be hired for a job that isn't the stereotypical Google SWE, because even though I didn't (and still don't) think of myself as a super genius, it's a fact that I was doing data processing for them which they were paying a handsome amount for (which didn't trickle down to me) so I felt I was qualified by definition.

coachdarek 7y ago
The majority of general Google SWE interviewees rarely interface with a hiring manager; they're only interviewed by other engineers.

tomludus 7y ago

I would be stunned if this is how Google views the situation.

bradlys 7y ago
If they didn't view it this way then I presume they'd probably be opening themselves to litigation - in some country...

yitchelle 7y ago

But if you are training the candidate for either FAAN and not for G, would G see this as a conflict?