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What if Google changes its interview game and asks people to actually show what they actually built? This is not likely to ever happen in a big way. Way too e
by kenjackson 16y ago
What if Google changes its interview game and asks people to actually show what they actually built?
This is not likely to ever happen in a big way. Way too easy to show stuff that you built that you either didn't really understand or didn't really contribute to.
I've interviewed people with significant open source contributions who seemed almost incompetent in the interview. I almost suspect that they hired someone to do the checkins as I'd ask why they did X vs Y and it was like they didn't really know what X was, much less Y.
- tjr 16y agoPromote literate programming!
- yanilkr 16y agoKnowing something and doing something with what you know are two different skill sets. Small companies realize this soon. Google is driven by numbers, If they see enough people who are very informed and smart but actually they gamed the system just to get in Google but really do not do much, then companies will be forced to make major changes. Every idea/process has an expiry time before everyone realizes and try to game the system.