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A valid question from a Google engineer lead to this video.
At all night hackathons, folk get tired. Because that& #39;s how humans work.
When I& #39;ve judged hackathons at Claremont, they run around the building at 2am. At Howard, it& #39;s the 2am turn up.
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A valid question from a Google engineer lead to this video.
At all night hackathons, folk get tired. Because that& #39;s how humans work.
When I& #39;ve judged hackathons at Claremont, they run around the building at 2am. At Howard, it& #39;s the 2am turn up.
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The valid question was:
Mekka, you say talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. You say there& #39;s brilliance at HBCUs. But in my years doing it, no HBCU grad has passed my interview. Ever. But Stanford kids do.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht"> Why do you think that is?
And yes, this is a valid question.
Mekka, you say talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. You say there& #39;s brilliance at HBCUs. But in my years doing it, no HBCU grad has passed my interview. Ever. But Stanford kids do.
And yes, this is a valid question.
I asked the Google SWE:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨🏿" title="Mann (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Mann (dunkler Hautton)">: Did you know that there is literally a class in Stanford& #39;s CS curriculum, that is basically "How to pass Google& #39;s Interview?"
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨🏼" title="Mann (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Mann (mittelheller Hautton)">: Wait... what?! Really?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👨🏿" title="Mann (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Mann (dunkler Hautton)">: Yep! They spend the semester practicing. Here& #39;s the course details:
https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs9/ ">https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs9...
https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs9/ ">https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs9...
Over the years, hundreds of Googlers have volunteered to create materials that level the playing field for engineer evaluation.
The best way to remove "access to interview information" as an advantage... Is to give away interview prep materials to _everyone_.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏿" title="Daumen hoch (dunkler Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Daumen hoch (dunkler Hautton)">
The best way to remove "access to interview information" as an advantage... Is to give away interview prep materials to _everyone_.
You don& #39;t have to be Google scale to do this. And this doesn& #39;t only have to be tech.
In tech, we are often interviewing for "Do you know who Gayle Lackmann McDowell is?"
In business, we& #39;re often interviewing for, "Are you familiar with the Bain or McKinsey interview format?"
In tech, we are often interviewing for "Do you know who Gayle Lackmann McDowell is?"
In business, we& #39;re often interviewing for, "Are you familiar with the Bain or McKinsey interview format?"
Ask yourself, how much of your interview process is really testing for access, and how much is really indicative of ability to perform and excel in the environment of your company.
Doing so will reduce false negatives, but also reduce false positives...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">
Doing so will reduce false negatives, but also reduce false positives...
