A true story about interviewing at Google in 2006
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xvxvx
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Google single-handily ruined the interview process for millions of people with this bullshit. Now, even small companies go to these extremes. I’ve literally laughed and turned down interview offers after they gave me the planned process. 6 interviews over 2 months for a job with a company that has 20 employees? You think too highly of yourselves. I even laughed directly in the face of a young CEO/Founder when he stated he wouldn’t hire anyone who wasn’t willing to work 100 hours per week minimum. I did the quick math for him, showing the salary divided by 100 hours a week was shit. Pass.
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rvz
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It makes sense for Google and Big Tech since even in 2006, they were already profitable, and scaling quickly in usage and availability was always the priority. This was where the problems were unique to them at the time.

These startups today are trying to attract Googlers with the same interview process for no where near the salary or the equity and keep forgetting that they are not Google.

Every time you ask them why they need to ask for this specific algorithm and when was the last time they encountered it, their answer becomes close to lies and the truth is that they used a library or technologies created by Google.

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