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When interviewing for places like Google and Amazon, your political connections and things like publications/degrees still matter a lot. Good performance on the
by amznthrowaway5 7y ago
When interviewing for places like Google and Amazon, your political connections and things like publications/degrees still matter a lot. Good performance on the interviews can be impactful but it's not the only factor. The incredibly biased committees review a lot more than that at google.
- crimsonalucard 7y agoMaybe a better way to put it is, the whiteboard problem itself is a pass or fail question and therefore that aspect of the interview by itself is unbiased.
- csa 7y agoSo I guess you’ve never seen someone being fed an answer during an interview. Trust me, it happens for certain applicants.
- crimsonalucard 7y agoYou've seen this at Google or faang?
- amznthrowaway5 7y agoAt google some candidates who failed all their interviews were hired because they had connections to upper management. Here at Amazon, if the candidate knows the hiring manager and interviewers they can be fed all the answers. Not being able to code fizzbuzz doesn't block people from getting 350K+ offers. It's insane. Amazon tried to fix this problem with "bar raisers" but it doesn't work since humans naturally follow the crowd, even if the crowd is corrupt.