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All I can figure is that's by design. The process selects for some combination of IQ and how bad you want it, basically. If you can't or don't want to put in 10
by karatestomp 7y ago
All I can figure is that's by design. The process selects for some combination of IQ and how bad you want it, basically. If you can't or don't want to put in 10-15hrs a week prepping, for a few months, on top of your actual job (god knows nothing I actually do at work as a programmer helps me be better prepared for this kind of shit), to then subject yourself to a crushing marathon of a day, they don't want you. They have enough people who are willing to go through that, so they don't need to cater to those who aren't.
Probably one inherent benefit of a process this shitty, in addition to whatever benefits of the criteria they're selecting for, is that selected candidates identify more strongly with their co-workers and with the company than they otherwise would (see: Cialdini's Persuasion on the benefits of hazing)
- chrisvogt 7y agonit: Cialdini's Influence: Science and Practice.
- karatestomp 7y agoYeah, that. That's what I get for not checking my shelf first. In my defense mine's the version that at least does contain the word "persuasion" somewhere in the title, though the proper short version is still Influence. I'll leave my original post as-is as a monument to my failure.
- gdy 7y ago"I'll leave my original post as-is as a monument to my failure." I don't think anyone cares and there is no reason to make them read the wrong title.
- cmonnow 7y ago> I don't think anyone cares Exactly. The only successes or failures we care about are our own. Very rarely do we even think of someone else's embarrassing moments. We are all pretty self-centered and that's liberating in a way.
- gdy 7y agoYep. "I was worried about what people think of me, but now I know they don't think about me at all."
- rhizome 7y agoA human smile is when you pull the sides of your head upward and back with the muscles under your skin.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoInfluence: The Psychology of Persuasion.
- Kalium 7y agoBetween everything I've read about it and my own experiences, I get the sense that Google's interview process is by design a mirror of grad school. If you aren't willing to spend weeks to months prepping for the test so you can impress a committee (that you will hear from three months later), you just don't want it enough. I'm not sure this is a great way to hire engineers, but at the same time I'm sure it feels pretty familiar to people fresh from grad school.
- blackflame7000 7y agoSometimes the people that want it the most don't have other options. It's like a clingy date.
- Yhippa 7y agoYou and the parent have explained exactly what I've been running in my head when it comes to these interviews. I'm currently evaluating one of the FAANGs and with the amount of time and LC grinding I'd have to put in I'd rather learn a new technology.