I would have killed for more of these estimation problems during my GOOG interview. I only got one of them to answer. The interviewer really liked my answer to it, then, in successive gauntlets, all I got were practical questions related to executive technical support (which I don't have much/any experience in), and flubbed it. Ask me the theoretical shit about golf balls in a bus, plz!!! #googleinterview
Well to be fair, even among people who are hired, it's very rare to answer the harder questions perfectly on the first try. Normally, the interviewer helps you along a bit if you're on the right track. #googleinterview
@chauncy that billups: Nah, I work for a bank. I just went to a college that Google targets for recruitment, so I have access to many interview stories. #googleinterview
@Noobs-R-Us: Agreed. I wonder if those are a part of a template of questions or if they have more extreme questions with a similar format #googleinterview
@Galaxius: These are questions to test your IQ. They're testing you to see if you're a genius. If you're not then they're not interested.
I wonder if you can just have your computer ready when they call and google whatever they ask you. But I think they're actually more interested in how you get to your answer than the actual answers. #googleinterview
@Noobs-R-Us: Most of these types of questions get asked in the real interviews and not the phone ones. Usually the phone interviews are just to get more of your background before they think about bringing you in. #googleinterview
just wait til this tech hits the household, and droves of people download and compile organisms that will, say, secrete opiates or blow you, or both. #syntheticbiology
Clearly the only way to resolve the science vs. religion/conservatism argument is to create an army of cloned Jesus... Jesuses... Jesi? Finally, we will all be united by this most holy of blasphemies. #syntheticbiology
If you're on this site you probably agree with 95-100% of what Specter is talking about.
Why people try to hinder any kind of progress is beyond me. Instead of the old "If it ain't broke" mentality....we should always be thinking..."How can we make this better" Everything has room for improvement! #syntheticbiology
Well I graduated last December with a degree in Electrical Engineering and I cant find a job to save my life, so we may need more engineers and scientists, but we need more jobs for those people first.
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Thankfully, that was a long time ago, and it has all worked out since then. #googleinterview
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I should be hired by Google to be in charge of girls. #googleinterview
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I wonder if you can just have your computer ready when they call and google whatever they ask you. But I think they're actually more interested in how you get to your answer than the actual answers. #googleinterview
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You mean the advertisers? I think Google employees. #googleinterview
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So Daniel Clowes had it right. #syntheticbiology
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Why people try to hinder any kind of progress is beyond me. Instead of the old "If it ain't broke" mentality....we should always be thinking..."How can we make this better" Everything has room for improvement! #syntheticbiology
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Nah, I agree with you. There's always room for improvement. #syntheticbiology
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He's like Gandhi...for hoovers!!
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But seriously, it is tough to find a job.