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"I worked at Google so treat me differently" shows up several times in this article.

by svisser 11y ago

iaw 11y ago
It's unclear to me if that was his message or if he was trying to get across the more nuanced "my experience at Google should be a signal about my qualifications"
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- pravka 11y ago
  The latter certainly describes the impression I got from the references to his employment at Google.
RogerL 11y ago
It was pretty much - whiteboard interviewing is stupid. BUT, if you for some reason value it, recognize I already went through a much harder version of it and passed." That's entirely reasonable, and not entitled, it's just facts.
- alain94040 11y ago
  I think having Google on his resume did help him in getting the interviews (as opposed to a stack of resumes no one ever called back), but once you get the interview, they still make you go through the same format as other candidates. Hard to compare candidates otherwise.
bhilburn 11y ago
The author definitely stressed this a few times in the article. To a new employer, the fact that he "made it through a Google interview" honestly doesn't mean much. Even Google interviews are wildly variable, and more importantly it doesn't in any way indicate that the candidate is a good match for whatever job he/she is interviewing for. Talking about products and designs he had worked on in the past, at a technical level, though, is crucially important, and the author also pointed out they failed to do that (or at least I think he did?) Anyway, getting a job at "one of the big employers" honestly doesn't mean much - there are plenty of people that get rejected that probably deserved a hire, and plenty of of people that get hired that aren't up to par. What matters more is what the candidate did while he was there. It's sort of funny that he points out how broken interviewing & hiring is, but then also says that because he got hired by Google, he should be treated differently. Still a really interesting article, though, and I think his points about specializing are quite valid. Reminds me of this post, which is worth the read: http://alexgivesup.com/2013/12/23/i-got-fired-last-week-thats-a-good-thing-heres-why/ http://alexgivesup.com/2013/12/23/i-got-fired-last-week-that...
moistgorilla 11y ago
I don't know how you got that as the main takeaway from the article.

"I worked at Google so treat me differently" shows up several times in this article.

by svisser 11y ago

"I worked at Google so treat me differently" shows up several times in this article.

iaw 11y ago

It's unclear to me if that was his message or if he was trying to get across the more nuanced "my experience at Google should be a signal about my qualifications"

deleted 11y ago
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pravka 11y ago
The latter certainly describes the impression I got from the references to his employment at Google.

RogerL 11y ago

It was pretty much - whiteboard interviewing is stupid. BUT, if you for some reason value it, recognize I already went through a much harder version of it and passed." That's entirely reasonable, and not entitled, it's just facts.

alain94040 11y ago
I think having Google on his resume did help him in getting the interviews (as opposed to a stack of resumes no one ever called back), but once you get the interview, they still make you go through the same format as other candidates. Hard to compare candidates otherwise.

bhilburn 11y ago

The author definitely stressed this a few times in the article. To a new employer, the fact that he "made it through a Google interview" honestly doesn't mean much. Even Google interviews are wildly variable, and more importantly it doesn't in any way indicate that the candidate is a good match for whatever job he/she is interviewing for. Talking about products and designs he had worked on in the past, at a technical level, though, is crucially important, and the author also pointed out they failed to do that (or at least I think he did?) Anyway, getting a job at "one of the big employers" honestly doesn't mean much - there are plenty of people that get rejected that probably deserved a hire, and plenty of of people that get hired that aren't up to par. What matters more is what the candidate did while he was there. It's sort of funny that he points out how broken interviewing & hiring is, but then also says that because he got hired by Google, he should be treated differently. Still a really interesting article, though, and I think his points about specializing are quite valid. Reminds me of this post, which is worth the read: http://alexgivesup.com/2013/12/23/i-got-fired-last-week-thats-a-good-thing-heres-why/ http://alexgivesup.com/2013/12/23/i-got-fired-last-week-that...

moistgorilla 11y ago

I don't know how you got that as the main takeaway from the article.