Comment by BinaryIdiot
11 years ago
My experience wasn't a real life type one more academic instead. My interviewer was really late and refused to let me finish my data structure implementation to optimize a single method instead. When we finished it was time for him to go. He wouldn't let me go back to finish my data structure as he didn't have the time.
I was later declined. Had a couple of friends at google ask the interviewer. He said I was declined for not finishing my data structure.
Their interviewing process was quite frustrating. I'm fine with getting declined but not under those circumstances.
Your story can't be true because interviewers do not make hiring decisions at Google.
I can assure you my story is accurate. The interviewers do not make decisions regarding the entire hiring event but they do give feedback regarding how you did in each interview. I was given poor feedback due to, according to him, a zero tolerance like policy where the data model for that particular question had to be complete and I was unable to complete it.
That was my first technical interview over the phone so it was pretty obvious it was related to that single interview. One of the Googlers I knew that checked the system said the same.
Really?
I had the impression that they all had to agree for a hire. Hence one no means no hire.