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I suspect there is a large difference between "old Google" and "new Google" (maybe there is a cutoff year, like... 2012? I don't know.). I would love to compar
by oneepic 3y ago
I suspect there is a large difference between "old Google" and "new Google" (maybe there is a cutoff year, like... 2012? I don't know.).
I would love to compare people who passed the old interviews and worked at old G, to the new ones, and just see what kind of culture, personality, and technical competency each side had. Then you get to see how those people shaped the company and how public opinion changed.
- plogborp 3y agoI think you’re on the wrong track. Let the blame where it belongs… management. Sundar, Ruth, and Thomas are simply corporate ghouls working to enrich themselves. Sundar is a billionaire… all that money came as an employee of Google. They don’t understand branding or trust, or if they do, they simply don’t care. The reputation for cancelling products to the point of untrustworthiness demonstrates this. Google is a classic case of the fish rotting from the head down.
- avita1 3y agoDid Google interviews change dramatically around 2012?
- oneepic 3y agoI'm guessing 2012 because I thought that was the year they stopped doing brain teaser interviews, which were very controversial at the time. Googling it now, the exact year is fuzzy -- like, they originally stopped in 2006, but only fully stopped around... 2011-2012? My evidence is this thread and its linked article: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gq72n/comment/campmyb/?context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1gq72n/comment...
- thedougd 3y agoI received an offer from Google around May 2012. My interviews were long and numerous with interactive coding and whiteboard sessions. No brain teasers. Larry Page was still giving final yes or no on hiring.
- jpadkins 3y agono, but that is about when Larry and Sergey checked out (wasn't an overnight thing, took a few years).