dtoms

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   by dtoms 5y ago

   Don't do interviews, do take home tests. Do what's representative of the work you will be doing. I highly doubt even at google that it's a life or death situation that you correctly code an obscure algorithm in 30 minutes.
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   so there is no glue code at FAANG? Or you have overqualified folks doing, and getting bored, and jumping ship between FAANG every 1.5 years...
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   threading is your basic question at the end of an interview?
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   i have a good network too and they all now work at FAANG like companies, and want to hire me, to do domain specific work. But have no power to do direct hiring. So it varies really.
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   it's broken. - FAANG makes you jump through hoops because they are screening people out. - 30 engineer companies adopt it. Then complain they can't hire, or can't hire Sr. Engineers. They should be screening in. - "bad h
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   I'm just pointing out that there is a vast difference between FAANG and the rest of the world. Especially in terms of interviewing. It's somewhat sad they discount experience when doing interviewing and only use it as a screenin
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   by dtoms 5y ago

   ...and that isn't a problem? because folks decades of experience is irrelevant to their ability to memorize whatever it's required to be a widget in a widget factory? just because the process works for FAANG doesn't mean it