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> You have a chance of a job at a household name company (who can afford to be selective) There are many such companies out there and the better ones will talk

> You have a chance of a job at a household name company (who can afford to be selective) There are many such companies out there and the better ones will talk to you politely first, look at previous work you've done and then perhaps invite you over for a couple of interviews (including some code puzzles). I was once flown from Europe to Florida before any code puzzles, got to see the whole company, talk to founders (the company was a subsidiary of a household name in games) and technical directors before sitting down for some tests. It was a great experience and I felt very bad for turning down the job offer because they treated me so well ... Google and Facebook I'd avoid from what I've heard (no firsthand experience though), they seem to hire talent just to keep it away from the competition.

jiggy2011 13y ago
With the number of applications that they must get there's no way they can afford to talk to everyone, let alone fly them out. Therefore they need some way to filter people quickly. Would it be better to do this purely on the basis of resume? Forcing people to invest time making sure they have the correct mixture of buzzwords or would you rather spend that time demonstrating that you can actually code?
- lazyjones 13y ago
  > Therefore they need some way to filter people quickly. This really depends on whether they chose particular people to contact directly or whether those applicants contacted the company. Sure, the 1000s of applications these companies get every month must be filtered quickly, but if someone was selected for a "cold call" by the employer (presumably based on some research), then handing him menial tasks upfront is a terrible idea and unacceptable for the probably more skilled people typically contacted this way.

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> You have a chance of a job at a household name company (who can afford to be selective) There are many such companies out there and the better ones will talk

by lazyjones 13y ago

jiggy2011 13y ago
With the number of applications that they must get there's no way they can afford to talk to everyone, let alone fly them out. Therefore they need some way to filter people quickly. Would it be better to do this purely on the basis of resume? Forcing people to invest time making sure they have the correct mixture of buzzwords or would you rather spend that time demonstrating that you can actually code?
- lazyjones 13y ago
  > Therefore they need some way to filter people quickly. This really depends on whether they chose particular people to contact directly or whether those applicants contacted the company. Sure, the 1000s of applications these companies get every month must be filtered quickly, but if someone was selected for a "cold call" by the employer (presumably based on some research), then handing him menial tasks upfront is a terrible idea and unacceptable for the probably more skilled people typically contacted this way.