Some interviews I did like at Google and Apple were very pedantic and had nothing to do with the work that is needed for the job or the work I've been making money doing over the past decades. Is that common?
Yawn - this topic has been discussed to death in every forum known to mankind, so please do the needful and read all those threads first
No need to get cross. Just asking.
Because plenty of veterans coast by in tier 3 companies and can barely code
It's just that we spent decades putting in place the current setup. So show a little respect. You will probably be asking the same question in a couple decades. If you think you won't get older, time will tell.
Yeah millennial interviewers at these companies don't really have the depth yet to ask more meaningful questions.
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At the same time, it is fairly well known that these companies will ask coding questions during those interviews. Why not do like everyone else and practice them before interviewing?
Good point. That's why I ask. At the same time the coding I will need to do is very limited and straightforward, and very related to the work I do.
Well, Facebook tends to hire people who are more generalist and can adapt quickly to new situations. So that’s why the coding interviews are not specific to very particular roles
I try to interview everyone equally. Either you know the sh*t I need you to know, or you don't.
If you can't make a shot I don't care how good your intangibles are.
I agree. If you can't deliver, you can't deliver.
Don't get me wrong Google and Apple are bonafide great companies. Nobody can contest that. I'm just stating what I noticed myself. I also know that a couple people don't represent an entire company or its culture, but it is at least a shadow of it.
You also have to understand that these algorithmic type questions are one way to scale up training and interviewing for large companies. I’ve done around 200 interviews in ~2.5 years, think of how hard it’ll be to objectively assess “experience” in 45 mins, avoid biases, or being impressed by people who talk a big game about things I think are cool.
Good point. I knew there was some tested method some companies effectively use. You occasionally run into people who you remind of someone that wronged them in some way or perhaps have preconceived notions about certain people or personalities. That is just part of the game though. One manager told me he didn't hire a woman, who was qualified, because she said axe instead of ask. He wasn't a horrible person and wasn't racist, he just had a weird set of things he personally considered deal breakers.
“Axe” vs “ask” is one of those things that a large number of African Americans pronounce differently. Making a hiring decision on things like that is an example of how systematic/institutionalized racism works, doesn’t matter if the hiring manager was black themselves or if the candidate wasn’t. Racism doesn’t require bad or malicious people to continue be perpetuated. Sorry for the mini lecture :-)
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