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2 anecdotes ... 1) The worst interview I ever had (BY FAR) was at Google--disrespectful people, no respect for time, I could go on and on. And I went back to
by kudokatz 4mo ago
2 anecdotes ...
1) The worst interview I ever had (BY FAR) was at Google--disrespectful people, no respect for time, I could go on and on. And I went back to try again to get that money showered on me. Worth it in the long run.
2) Their new system for "performance management" is a hoax. Just like at all other places, it "documents" what you should do so they can fire you more easily with unspoken rules and all sorts of arbitrary causes as well. A friend literally hit EVERY pre-agreed target and still got pushed out for "not delivering".
- Traubenfuchs 4mo agoI once failed all my goals agreed upon a year ago but got promoted anyways, because priorities had shifted and the director above me just really, really wanted me to continue building his reputation. (not at google)
- LtWorf 4mo agoOh I've had a terrible interview at Google too! They told me it was all about pseudocode and how I think in advance, then on the actual interview they were being annoying about variable names and spaces after comma, while I was supposed to come up with some clever optimisation that boiled down to: "do you know this obscure theorem already? Cool you pass"
- LPisGood 4mo agoWhich theorem?
- LtWorf 4mo agoI don't even know the name. I reviewed the question with a friend of mine who has a PhD in mathematics and teaches at university and he figured it out (after a way longer time than the duration of the interview itself) :)
- inerte 4mo agoSame for me. I applied for engineering manager. Was told it was going to be a code review. I found a bunch of things that it could be improved, detected a very slow part / quadratic loop, but couldn't come up with the best algo to use. It was just leetcode in disguise.