Google, Front-end interview:
Interviewer: "Prove to me that a random number is truly random."
Me: "uhhh, I'm not really sure where to start with that one."
Interviewer: "Prove. To me. That a random number. Is. Truly. Random"
Literally just me floundering because the interviewer wouldn't give me a clue as to what he was looking for.
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Docusign, front-end interview, after phone screen:
Interviewer: "Write a program using Coffeescript, Jade, Stylus."
Me: "I have a ton of experience with FE engineering, but 0 experience with those specific technologies. It would take me a week+ to ramp up sufficiently to write a program I'd be proud to submit."
Them: "That's ok, some of our candidates spend 2 or more weeks on this problem."
Me: "Ok, well... uh, I'm going to go take this other job and not spend 2 weeks on song-and-dance for a B-tier startup."
Interviewer: "Prove to me that a random number is truly random."
Me: "uhhh, I'm not really sure where to start with that one."
Interviewer: "Prove. To me. That a random number. Is. Truly. Random"
Literally just me floundering because the interviewer wouldn't give me a clue as to what he was looking for.
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Docusign, front-end interview, after phone screen:
Interviewer: "Write a program using Coffeescript, Jade, Stylus."
Me: "I have a ton of experience with FE engineering, but 0 experience with those specific technologies. It would take me a week+ to ramp up sufficiently to write a program I'd be proud to submit."
Them: "That's ok, some of our candidates spend 2 or more weeks on this problem."
Me: "Ok, well... uh, I'm going to go take this other job and not spend 2 weeks on song-and-dance for a B-tier startup."