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barrkel on July 16, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: My Google Interview

It's also arrogant not to even let someone know what the specific position involves. It's a solid reason not to interview with Google if you're not going in there on the basis of contacts.

btilly on July 16, 2010 [–]

The reason for that is that at the time of the interview there are usually many different positions you could wind up being slotted into.

In many cases this is still true at the time of the hire.

In a few cases this is still true at the time the person starts on the job.

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