I started at Google more than ten years ago as an L3, and have been an L6 for a few years now. If I want to transfer to, let’s say, Meta or Amazon, I need to go through the code interview grind. Shouldn’t culture fit and team match interviews be enough? Having a full cycle of interviews from FAANG to FAANG only makes the process take longer and reduce the number of people willing to move companies. Who has time, 10 years in their career and full of responsibilities, to prepare for interviews? equitydrop micdrop out. #swe #interview #troll
I asked the same question a while back. It makes no sense. I’ve worked at Amazon, Google, and now Snap. I have built products used by millions around the world still to this day. I have a track record of promotions and high impact work. But yeah, I guess I still need to be quizzed on trapping some fucking rainwater.
So? Many others do high impact work not at snap, Amazon and Google. Why should they have to go through it and not you? The true answer is it has nothing to do with the job.
Because the bar at Snap, Amazon, Google, and other top companies is known by basically everyone in the industry. The scale of the work is known by basically everyone. Engineers who have worked there for a decent chunk of time have proven that they can both pass these stupid interviews and contribute enough to maintain their role. That’s why so many start ups and smaller companies advertise their teams as having “ex-Meta/Google/whoever else” engineers. Agreed that it has nothing to do with the job. Tech interviews are shit.
Your argument makes no logical sense. If your skills are so good after 10 years at google, why would you have to spend extensive time preparing for an interview?
Because the questions asked during the interview process have nothing to do with doing the job well, and programmers are too stupid to fix the process.
Juniper, do you reverse linklist in your daily task?
You literally wrote the answer in your question. The process reduces the number of people willing to move companies. Companies benefit from employees staying at their job. In a fair world, interview would be some basic coding and just system design and high level discussions
Wrong, the pull here is from the company wanting to hire, not the current one.
Somehow it benefits both
You’ve been a Googler for 10 years and knew the code interview grind was a farce but did not correct it? So yes, you have to perform the shadow theater like everyone else, you troll.
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perfect reply. has OP hired anyone senior for his team without interviews?
What can we do to correct this non sense interview culture other move out to non swe field. Fk this non sense bru
It's really not that bad, and you'd be surprised by how many duds are out there
If you wanna change jobs you prepare for interviews. If that’s more inconvenient for you than changing jobs then don’t change jobs. Unfortunately we can’t take your googliness as a golden ticket to any job you decide you want.
You should shadow HW interviews
At Microsoft, the interview questions can be selected by the interviewers and there is no central system like other big tech. My team in particular asks basic coding questions, writing some data queries but then focuses more on technical discussions and culture fit.
Vacancy at your team?
Not at the moment but you can apply to the other teams at Microsoft.
It’s the same as standardized testing in college admission requirements. pointless but no better way to measure people. Basically a test to see how well you can study and prepare. Which is valid signal in itself.
It isn’t the same. Each college isn’t conducting their own battery of tests. They rely on the tests developed by others. It’s *standardized* testing to determine your aptitude.
There are far too many L6s that were at the right time on the right project under the right manager. That may not be you, but the quality of L6s vary greatly. I know L6s with 5 and with 20 years of experience. It is extremely hard to compete with the latter.
This guy fucks. People who gloat about levels and scope are politicians and talkers not doers.
Meta or Amazon wants exactly the grinders that are willing to give up their responsibilities and prepare interviews.
Not give up. Do both. If you can't organize your life for a few months so you can prepare they don't want you.
Google doesn't do technical rounds?