But everyone knew C++. I’ve read about this before. This combined with my own experience now leads me to believe that C++ isn’t optional for any Google applicant. Not because you need to use it to work there. I have no direct experience of this. But because of “interviewer lottery”. Some at Google (it seems) do nothing but C++. You might be interviewed by one of these people.
Not true one bit. I don't know a lick of C++ and never encountered it in my interviews there.
In fact, the questions I was asked there could have been easily answered in any language, as they were language-neutral and heavily on the side of pure algorithms.
Your experience may have been thrown off by having C++ on your resume, assuming you do.
My experience (having interviewed at Google NYC twice, turned down both times) was that if I asked what language I should, they would always reply with either C, C++ or "C-like."
Only once was a particular language required (I was asked to implement memcpy, in part because the interviewer wanted to test my knowledge of low-level C and void pointers).
That said, I did write one of my solutions in OCaml even though the interviewer did not know the language (I asked him if I could, and he got the gist of my solution).
I had an on-campus interview where they were processing a lot of people quickly. C++ was non-optional. Of course, I have little C++ experience. I would suggest anyone seeking a job at google know C++.
Not true one bit. I don't know a lick of C++ and never encountered it in my interviews there.
In fact, the questions I was asked there could have been easily answered in any language, as they were language-neutral and heavily on the side of pure algorithms.
Your experience may have been thrown off by having C++ on your resume, assuming you do.