Tell HN: Sharing recent (terrible) interview experience with Google
Hi, I just wanted to share my recent experience interviewing with Google L4 software engineering role (onsite role for Cloud but interview was on Google Meet), and I already shared this with the recruiter, but I wanted to share it here as well. I had an AI coding interview on Wednesday and was informed on Friday that I would not be moving forward. I invested significant time preparing, but unfortunately, I don't feel I was given a fair opportunity to demonstrate my skills. Much of the 45-minute
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Source account: Hi, I just wanted to share my recent experience interviewing with Google L4 software engineering role (onsite role for Cloud but interview was on Google Meet), and I already shared this with the recruiter, but I wanted to share it here as well. I had an AI coding interview on Wednesday and was informed on Friday that I would not be moving forward. I invested significant time preparing, but unfortunately, I don't feel I was given a fair opportunity to demonstrate my skills. Much of the 45-minute
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