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      Software Development Engineer Interview

      3 July 2014
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (Seattle, WA) in Sept 2010

      Interview

      Google contacted me and told me that they were looking for developers in the Bay Area and New York City. Their internal recruiter set up an interview with one of their developers. The interview was on the phone, as well as via a google docs. The interviewer did not know how to start the interview, so I asked "do you want me to tell you about projects I am currently working?" He said that was a good idea, but I could tell he was not listening because he was eating. I'm serious. Turns out he was 23 years old, and it was obvious he did not want to be doing the interview. He asked a couple of puzzle-type coding questions, which I kind of flubbed, but I talked through the problems and data-structures. I didn't find the cute coding "trick" he was looking for obviously and told me I should interview for a tester position -- because Google is looking for "hard-core" programmers. While I've been writing software for over 17 years, I have never tested software -- but he didn't know that because, well, he never looked at my resume. I thanked him for his time, and asked him what product he worked on: Google Chat.I do not think that product exists anymore. Overall: Unprofessional, rude, condescending, slightly humiliating, irritating.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      It was unexpected that he didn't actually ask any real questions --they just want puzzle-solvers.
      1 Answer

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