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I've interviewed with an ex FANNG employee and it was an intense / chaotic interview. A wholly unpleasant experience that felt a little like what happens to peo

I've interviewed with an ex FANNG employee and it was an intense / chaotic interview. A wholly unpleasant experience that felt a little like what happens to people when they get involved in a cult. Lots of personal questions about attitude, what you do in your spare time, how you feel about things that bordered on the illegal. I was personally intimidated by the process and in the end they never even bothered to contacted me back. I think if I see this again I will pass but unfortunately I was never told this chap was going to interview me until I was in the office shaking his bloody hand. Maybe they wanted to keep it secret for this exact reason.

singron 4y ago
I'm not sure what FANG they were from, but Google doesn't have a behavioral interview so they didn't learn that there. Every non-FANG I've interviewed at has had a behavioral interview.
- bradstewart 4y ago
  Huh? Maybe there wasn't a officially-labeled "behavioral interview" on the schedule, but the vast majority of interviews I had with Google in the past included behavioral questions/discussions/etc.
- Dave3of5 4y ago
  > Google doesn't have a behavioral interview Huh? That's absolutely false. FYI this dude wasn't just ex-google he was ex-facebook and ex-google (worked at both). He was a Product Manager and then I think some VP of something. He was like a VP at the the parent company of the company I was interviewing for. FAANG stand for: "Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet)". Looking at the questions I suspect these came from facebook but were altered. I even asked the next interviewer (the one I was actually told I was being interviewed by) that I found the questions strange and he agreed and said that the guy was kind "out there".
- BeetleB 4y ago
  They do now - as in a whole session just with behavioral questions. You're told about it up front.

singron 4y ago

I'm not sure what FANG they were from, but Google doesn't have a behavioral interview so they didn't learn that there. Every non-FANG I've interviewed at has had a behavioral interview.

bradstewart 4y ago
Huh? Maybe there wasn't a officially-labeled "behavioral interview" on the schedule, but the vast majority of interviews I had with Google in the past included behavioral questions/discussions/etc.
Dave3of5 4y ago
> Google doesn't have a behavioral interview Huh? That's absolutely false. FYI this dude wasn't just ex-google he was ex-facebook and ex-google (worked at both). He was a Product Manager and then I think some VP of something. He was like a VP at the the parent company of the company I was interviewing for. FAANG stand for: "Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet)". Looking at the questions I suspect these came from facebook but were altered. I even asked the next interviewer (the one I was actually told I was being interviewed by) that I found the questions strange and he agreed and said that the guy was kind "out there".
BeetleB 4y ago
They do now - as in a whole session just with behavioral questions. You're told about it up front.