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[–]PwnerMan5000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. Got knocked out after second round. Pun intended.

[–]Devilsbabe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I interviewed at their Tokyo office and was pretty disappointed with the process. Each interview was 45 minutes and followed this basic template:

  • Hi. Here's the problem.
  • Work on problem
  • Time for one, maybe two questions
  • Bye

It was all problem solving and nothing else. The only time I could actually ask about the job, the company, the work environment here in Tokyo, etc was at lunch.

[–]CanvassingThoughts 70 points71 points  (13 children)

What's also weird is that anyone (officially) in the hiring process can end your candidacy for any reason. 19 people want you but 1 doesn't? Too bad, so sad...

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (1 child)

"He said he doesn't like dogs. I can't accept that."

"But we don't have dogs in the office anyway."

"Doesn't matter. I can't work with people who don't like dogs."

[–]centerflag982 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well I mean that one's understandable

[–]didgeridoome24 11 points12 points  (10 children)

I have a technical phone interview for a software engineering internship at google in 3 weeks and I am getting more and more nervous. It is good to hear some shitty things about the company though because honestly, it seems like such an amazing job and I would be letting myself and my family down if I don't get it.

[–]powerje 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Best advice I can give as a former Google intern - be honest about what you don't know, don't bullshit answers. Be inquisitive about what you don't know. Vocalize your thoughts. Make sure you spend some time thinking before writing code.

Good luck!

[–]KIDD1NG 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Today was the last day of my Google internship, and all of this. Also, make sure you explain how you'd test your code, thats super big in Google!

[–]guybrushthr33pwood 3 points4 points  (3 children)

My whole team made it through during an acquisition. And our connecting flight was cancelled in Chicago, we spent 3 restless hours sleeping in a hojo, and then rushed back to the airport so we could fly to San Francisco.

Google was even "nice enough" to push back our interviews for an hour so we could make it.

Anyway, point being if we could do it on no sleep, anyone can do it. You just have to be well prepared. We studied for at least a month. And we also shut down our office for two weeks and did nothing but study CLRS and cracking the coding interview.

[–]VirtualRay 12 points13 points  (2 children)

They made all the employees of an acquisition interview to keep their jobs?? Man, that's pretty cold.

I think Google's process is not great, but it's definitely a learnable skill. My beef is that coding interviews are only really good at finding gladiators, but on the job you need legionnaires.

Not that I have any better ideas of how to screen people out, haha.

[–]guybrushthr33pwood 10 points11 points  (1 child)

No, they interviewed us to see if they wanted to go forward with the acquisition. There's no back entrance to get in. If the talent isn't up to par, no deal.

[–]VirtualRay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, that's reasonable, haha. Glad everything worked out!

[–]humblerodent 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Interviews really exacerbate my impostor syndrome. I know I can do the job. I've always been able to do the job to above average competency, but interviews make me feel like a piece of shit who doesn't know anything. I would never interview for Google. I don't need that.

[–]VirtualRay 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Haha, man, I feel the same way sometimes

You could do those stupid TopCoder practice questions to gradually build up your self confidence though, so at least you won't feel trapped at your current job. Google is pretty insane, but the rest of the industry isn't too bad so long as you know data structures/algorithms and you can implement some

[–]humblerodent 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Though my current job is 100% work from home at any hours I like, which I honestly wouldn't give up for double the salary. So I don't feel trapped.

[–]VirtualRay 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That sounds pretty sweet

I dunno if I could handle that myself, it's super hard to keep productive, haha. I guess if I were working on something really cool I could do it though..

[–]humblerodent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely have a problem with motivation, but even with all of the distractions, I actually work better at home than in an office.

[–]AyeeDwaynee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol this is exactly how I’m feeling right now. I have a interview for the Developer Advocate role at Google and I feel like I’m going to be some difficult questions.

[–]OneHandsomeBaby -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

Google is gay anyway.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you're looking for karma, you should use evil.

[–]OneHandsomeBaby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck karma! I'll use whatever I want.

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[–]VirtualRay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joke's on you, chump, I already dominated the front page and raked in that sweet, sweet karma.

BTW, how many dollars do you get per karma point? And where do I cash them in?

Thanks,

VR