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Google Has Secret Interview Challenges Based on Your Search History
- staringispolite 11y agoJust verified this myself... pretty cool! I searched for the following: * Mutex lock (from the article) * Mutex lock C++ * Python list comprehension Third time's a charm! The prompt came up, and now I've got a simulated shell of sorts that looks a bit like linux but doesn't have most commands. The main command is "request", which lets you request challenges through this shell. Requests are defined as follows: foobar:~/ guest$ help [snip] request - request new challenge (of type 'tag') [tag] foobar:~/ guest$ tags Requesting tags... algo algorithms data_struct data structures low_level low-level representation (binary representations, endianness) math math crypto security and cryptography Had a 2nd friend try the same who's not a coder, and it didn't work, so they're looking at more than very-recent search history.
- mikestew 11y ago" For my interview, I spent a day at Google headquarters in Mountain View solving problems on a white board." 2015, with a laptop in every lap and a large screen/projector in every conference room, and we're still scribbling code on a whiteboard at one of the largest software companies in the world. This might have been fine twenty, fifteen years ago when even at Microsoft my machine was a 30 lb. tower under my desk, and I had a 14" CRT monitor. Even if you can't reserve a conference room for your interview, you can use one of the 22-27" monitors on your desk. Anything is better than scribbling and correcting code on a whiteboard like a monkey performing tricks.