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by tostitos1979 2859 days ago
I had such an a-hole interviewer the last (and hence final) interview I did at Google. His attitude was ... oh .. you have a PhD, let me show you how smart I am.

Just like getting into YC isn't necessary to be a successful founder, getting into Google isn't necessary to be a successful engineer. There are tons of companies out there, and many pay better than Google.
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vonmoltke 2859 days ago
> many pay better than Google

Those would be? The only one I have actually seen (claimed) numbers out of that can beat Google is Facebook.

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UncleMeat 2859 days ago
Give feedback to your recruiter. Interviewers can be forced into more training or taken off rotations.
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WorldMaker 2859 days ago
The one that got to me admitted first thing that he already was told to knock it off, shrugged it off, and was still in the rotation anyway.

I didn't feel like giving that feedback to the recruiter would help if it was already known well in advance. That and a lot of other signals in two interview cycles seemed to indicate that the recruiter and/or Google were perfectly happy wasting my time, and I've not really felt like bothering to interview with Google since.

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