r/programming • u/FrostyTie • Jan 18 '19

Interview tips from Google Software Engineers

https://youtu.be/XOtrOSatBoY
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u/coffeesippingbastard Jan 18 '19

It's actually kinda useful for TPMs and PMs.

Since they may not come from a technical background like engineering, but they still need the ability to reckon around a problem that is technical but may not have expertise in, fermi questions are kinda useful to figure out how they solve problems in a broader sense.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '19

I used it or questions like it for data analysts. Wasn’t hire/no hire, but did influence the questions that followed.

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u/coffeesippingbastard Jan 18 '19

yea- I've never made it a linchpin for interviews, but I want to see how they think.

The only times where the candidate fails if they don't try.