I was wondering are there cases when someone gets a engineering job in big company as google/FB/apple without those long interviews (solving algorithm problems onsite for 5-6 hours) and going thru hiring committees. Something like getting job thru referrals or coming from also big (or competitor company)
I've only heard of it happening when one works for a company that is acquired by one of the big companies. All referrals that I know of went thru the standard process
I've also heard it when someone is some big domain expert who is targetted for their specific skills.
Just imagine someone who developed from scratch products like Redis(Salvatore Sanfilippo) or Hadoop (Doug Cutting) is interviewed and doesn't gets offer because didn't solve "robot moving in 2d grid using top down recursion" :-)
Not Googly enough, clearly.
Nope, staff from acquisitions are all interviewed too.
How does that work? is it like a standard full day of interviews? Is it more strict? lenient?
Typically a certain percentage of your engineers have to pass the interview for your acquisition to go through.
Very unlikely
Why does this thought ever cross your mind? If they didn't set the high interview bar, then they wouldn't be who they are now.
It happens. My dad did some crazy stuff in the late 90s and is well known in his field + MIT/CMU phd. Every job he's had since then hasn't required a formal interview loop because it would be insulting and a waste of time. He's an engineering director at G currently. Me on the other hand...
Not at FB, but they may stack the loop or reinterview a lot until you pass.
Complete two internships at Google with good feedback and off you go.
Heard an answer, which sounds reasonable to me: SVP+ referral with request to skip interview. I'd imagine you could count how many times this has happened on one hand.
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They still interview... It's just heavily coached
How does coaching work? Do leetcode problems with you?