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I always wonder the same thing... either an interview process is so brutal that they would end up not hiring anybody (so they'd eventually relax it), or it's ju

I always wonder the same thing... either an interview process is so brutal that they would end up not hiring anybody (so they'd eventually relax it), or it's just the "right" amount of brutal, and people who are complaining about it are experiencing a bit of sour grapes. And don't get me wrong, I've interviewed for jobs and felt lousy about getting rejected and tried to convince myself that it was "their loss" even though it was a job I really wanted at the time. On the other hand, I get the sense from people who've been through the Google treadmill that the problem isn't so much that it's hard like university courses are/can be but that it's arbitrary.

usrusr 5y ago
With brush tests you might easily end up hiring someone who excels at your tests and nothing else. Overfitting can be a problem even with subjects that don't actively try to adapt, and for Google they most certainly do (I read the "please take some months to prepare" suggestions as a clear indication that they want a level playing field wrt adaption, kind of cheap to leave that problem to be solved applicants) In the long run you might end up with better results if you don't even try to identify the one optional choice and only focus on weeding out false positives, leaving the rest to a diceroll. (I'd be surprised if what happens at Google wasn't a weird compromise Frankenstein of both)