Google Stress Interview
I can’t remember if it was in CTCI or EPI but I read about companies conducting “stress” interviews to see how a candidate reacts under pressure. Both times I’ve done the google interview, all interviewers were very pleasant except one who was particularly harsh/combative. I’ve seen this pattern brought up on Blind before. Is this a tactic that Google employs to see how candidates respond under pressure or is it just pure coincidence this has happened multiple times to myself and others? Anyone else had this happen to them?
I think it was just a bad luck. I interviewed twice and everyone was nice. Couple of guys were cold and indifferent, but definitely not douchebags.
I fucking aced my google interview but failed because I kept flicking boogers at people during the “unreported” lunch interview.
I can promise you that must be interviewer personality, we don't do it intentionally.
Amazon’s bar raiser interview can be a stress interview of sorts. But not google
Mmm...maybe, but the bar raisers there mainly for calibration.
I’ve had my google loop recently and there clearly was one round where the interviewer was pushing me. Then during the behavioral round I was explicitly asked “who did you hate the most today”, so it felt to me that it might have been intentional.
Lately every interview I attended, either could have been a stress interview or the guys were just douchebags
😂 lol. For me it’s just been google. Every other place has been great. One guy was super nice in the intro, then completely flipped into db mode after about 5 minutes.
Sorry to hear about your bad experiences with Googlers interviews. We do not have “stress” interviews. We try to make candidates comfortable and relaxed so they can perform their best. We also specifically instruct our interviewers to be nice and professional because they are representing the company. But there are a tiny number of employees who are assholes so I apologize for them.