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		bogomipz on Oct 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test Are SWE and SRE interview the same? I thought they were different enough job descriptions that it would require different interview questions.

kajecounterhack on Oct 17, 2016 [–]

They are different, but a lot of the skills are similar. SREs need to problem solve and while they may need to have more domain-specific knowledge I'm not sure a facts quiz administered by someone non-technical is the best way to do that.

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