[gambiting]

>> I routinely got to see people who I would never want to work with get hired there.

Can you expland on this? It doesn't really mesh with the preview sentence for me.

>>If Google becomes less of a target for barely-qualified people who want to rest and vest

It's always been my impression that people who actually manage to get a job at Google are extremely competent(so by definition - qualified) - is that not true?

[scarface_74]

Or able to spend six months studying for coding interviews…

[onetimeuse92304]

If you mean to actually learn to code for a job that obviously requires coding skills...

While we are at it, also spend another year learning technology and design patterns to prep for a design interview.

Listen, nobody gets a job at Google because they studied for coding interview. Coding is a precondition of getting the job, but it is far from enough to secure it.

[scarface_74]

There is a huge difference between “learning how to code” and “learning how to pass coding interviews”. What you actually do at any job - BigTech or not - is completely different from what you learn “grinding leetCode”.

If there is more of a prerequisite than “learning how to pass coding interviews” to get into Google, how do juniors with no real world experience get in?

[0xedd]

Wrong and wrong.

That's exactly what my wife did. She solved coding challenges for a few weeks before interviewing at Google. Got an offer but turned it down because of the people she met.

Getting fired where we live (not US) is very hard.