Yup, I interviewed with Google for video onsite, and at least 3 out of the 5 people nodded with delight with my answers. One other guy appeared he'd be displeased with his wife's cooking every night but I got the answer anyway. Another guy asked me a Leetcode hard problem for which I had a solution but didn't know if it was optimal. And then the recruiter told me 3, 4 days later, I got submitted to the hiring committee, and he tried to get one more interview session go on with me but can't, so they will have to pass. He told me the reason was that my code appeared not well indented in their Google Docs. (hello? it was not a code editor but Google docs). During the interviews, I asked whether I could copy the code in Google Docs, paste it to a code editor, indent it there (auto format), and paste it back here, and they said no. Also, the reason it wasn't indented well, was almost always was due to the interviewers suggesting "what if we need to do this or that, or in a special condition", so I need to put some code in a loop or in an if-else statement, so after I paste it inside a loop or if-else, I am not going to spend half a minute indenting 8 lines to make them perfectly indented. The interview is about programming, not about indenting. Anyway, it is the way it is. People have been saying, you never know why somebody was hired and somebody wasn't. TC: 390k
Somebody I know who was a very below average junior engineer just got hired at google so 🤷♂️—- guess it’s a bit of a lottery
She sounds smart- making use of those assets
Well, if you were codin in python, that clearly justified the reject.
You have not used the Add-on Code Blocks? Haven't tried with JavaScript.
didn't know there is Add-on Code Blocks in Google Docs. (I don't code in Google Docs on Earth) and no interviewer said there is such thing. I wanted to use a code editor and they "righteously", "assertively", and "proactively" said no
Google docs isn't supposed to be used anymore for interviews, so you're lying or the interviews trolled you
I was given two hints and solved both questions optimally still it was not good for L5.
Did you code in python ? if not the interviewer who gave this in feedback and the HC who considered that are nuts.
answered above. it was JavaScript
Hmmm really? I thought recruiters are not suppose to tell you the reasons for rejection? (I was rejected a few time and was never told the reason)
Lack of indentation is a data point that your thought process was not streamlined. You were all over the place when coding. There is more to it than just the indentation part. Also, recruiters do not read or understand the whole feedback.
your comment is a data point that you are full of it that's why Amazon's website is so shitty
Your comments all over in your post point that you are actually salty, butthurt, a crybaby and sexist. I am certain that you not only failed the coding round but also the behavioral part. Anyways, good luck to you. Also glad that Google dodged a bullet by not hiring a person like you. Come back to your own post in a few months and read your answers. :)
was the interviewer indian ?
They passed since my indention was top notch, thanks to my OCD, whereas my code was shit and all my solutions were broken.
yeah, don't worry. I got it. The world might be all crap, and it is just all up to you. They don't use any heart towards me, and why would I
In all seriousness Google doesn’t give such detailed feedback. You’re just butthurt and bullshitting.