Tech IndustrySep 26, 2019
Microsoft🌲fiddy

Gaming the Google HC

I've never interviewed at Google, but was wondering how does the HC know that it's me they are interviewing? If the team I match with doesn't meet me before HC, what's stopping me from having a friend do my onsite for me?

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Facebook ⭕w⭕ Sep 26, 2019

Give it a try and revert back here with how it went.

Google El Camino Sep 26, 2019

They check your ID.

Microsoft 🌲fiddy OP Sep 26, 2019

Ok fake ID, check. Anything else?

Microsoft RoLF71 Sep 26, 2019

Work authorization, ID, taxes, looking you up on Facebook/LinkedIn. You will get caught and black listed, don't be a dumbass.

Microsoft onexrnb Sep 26, 2019

Do you think HC sits in a room isolated from everyone else? There is likely someone in your org

Microsoft 🌲fiddy OP Sep 26, 2019

Well we kinda look similar but he's really good at leetcode.

Intel hrtl Sep 26, 2019

With such a question you expect to crack their interview 🤘🏻

Microsoft 🌲fiddy OP Sep 26, 2019

That's why my friend is doing it 🤔

Intel hrtl Sep 26, 2019

Say you fake the ID, how are you going to fake the SSN employment background checks ... here’s an idea make him wear a prosthetic mask better yet get someone from the HC to interview for you

Microsoft 🌲fiddy OP Sep 26, 2019

I'll use my real SSN, he's just there to wow them with my LC skills.

Intel hrtl Sep 26, 2019

You guys should start a service. Ask people for their joining bonus as fees

Microsoft JamieBond Sep 26, 2019

So your claim is you are smarter than Google who receive millions of applications

Microsoft 🌲fiddy OP Sep 26, 2019

No such claim, friend. I'm asking if it's possible and how they would know.

Google chandu_ Sep 26, 2019

Possible, yes. Just like there is a chance there exists a teapot on Jupiter.

Amazon AMZNBucks Sep 26, 2019

Idk about google but I work adjacent to teams who have interviewed me in Amazon lol

Google cloudy sky Sep 26, 2019

One of my interviewers became my TL. He gave me a DP problem and I aced in about half the allotted time. He put in strong hire recommendation. His team had headcount, TLM liked the feedback from his TL and so guess who I spoke to during team matching. (I didn’t know the interviewer was TL on that team till I started.) I’ve spoken to / had drinks with a couple of my other interviewers, e.g. at our recent offsite. Just curious, suppose someone on your team interviews your substitute, TLM hires you, and you show up instead. What’s your contingency plan?

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oeeL53 Sep 27, 2019

Contingency plan is to reject any TM requests with team members who interviewed you. Dunno about you but I forget people pretty quickly, especially if I’m interviewing a lot. If someone showed up 3 months later and said I interviewed them I’d probably just take their word for it.

Google cloudy sky Sep 27, 2019

Ok, now suppose the TLM that you speak to doesn’t randomly say “these are the names of the team members”

Marvell JeFm83 Sep 26, 2019

OP, are you married? Does your friend visit ur home often?

Google oooo0 Sep 26, 2019

I mean yeah, sure you can probably do that, get fake id and all that. But why would you think your friend who can work for google will risk time in prison for you to get into google? For money? If he got a job at google, I don’t think he will need to worry about that anymore. If you pay him millions then you won’t need that google job. So, long story short, game theory is a b***h and no one will do this for you.