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> Or more practically that they would do a roll-out release (as they did) and increase capacity as they go. What if, increasing capacity as they go, they disco
by raldi 13y ago
> Or more practically that they would do a roll-out release (as they did) and increase capacity as they go.
What if, increasing capacity as they go, they discover that they're going to need 140 billion dollars worth of hard drives?
Before the rollout can happen, someone has to decide whether or not to greenlight the project. And that person needs to come up with an estimated cost. Before the rollout begins.
> To imply that a single engineer in a room with no information [etc]
Who implied that?
- drivebyacct2 13y agoI don't know, I guess I have a very pessimistic view of interviews asking these sorts of questions almost vindictively. I'd prefer questions and problems and challenges that I'm likely to face and address as an engineer. If Google hires engineers to answer "brain teasers" that either require a dozen exceptions/qualifications or some vague random nonsensense answer, then more power to them. (But I doubt they do, they wouldn't be where they were if their hiring practices didn't work to some degree.)