Google pulled this on a friend of mine. "Solve this in any language you want."
Friend solves it in Objective-C.
"Oh, except that one."
I have shunned every Google recruiter since.
Friend solves it in Objective-C.
"Oh, except that one."
I have shunned every Google recruiter since.
I did get the job, and with almost entirely in Ruby and PowerShell, so....
It was more than 10 years ago. And the candidate was from Apple, hence his currency in Objective-C.
Another good friend worked at Google for some time after that, and reported a pretty toxic evaluation regime that pitted employees directly against each other. He eventually left.
I have no affiliation with Google.
And a few years later, Google basically admitted that their interview process was trash and, in not so many words, claimed that they were going to be less douchebaggy.