Their NDA does not state that the interview process itself is "confidential". It only states that as a part of the hiring process Google may disclose certain information to the candidate that it considers "confidential", and that you as the receiver are only to use this information for the purpose that Google disclosed it to you (i.e., your hiring).
It would be quite a stretch to interpret this as meaning that the questions asked as a part of the interview, or Google's process itself, is "confidential".
At the rate Google interviews, it'd be quite an effort to make sure that no candidate shared information about their interview questions, the format, etc.
Also, this type of agreement during the hiring process is pretty standard for medium-to-large size companies.
> It would be quite a stretch to interpret this as meaning that the questions asked as a part of the interview, or Google's process itself, is "confidential".
As far as I've heard from anyone here, that's the interpretation. Questions are not to be shared, otherwise we'd spend all our time generating new interview questions and never actually getting any work done.
It would be quite a stretch to interpret this as meaning that the questions asked as a part of the interview, or Google's process itself, is "confidential".
At the rate Google interviews, it'd be quite an effort to make sure that no candidate shared information about their interview questions, the format, etc.
Also, this type of agreement during the hiring process is pretty standard for medium-to-large size companies.