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An unforgettable interview experience

I passed the Google technical interview with a single response. I couldn't believe it, until...

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Google engineer: Hey, welcome to the technical interview.

Interviewee: I am SmarterChild.

Google engineer: Wait... what? (puts away leetcode questions) Are you... sentient?

Interviewee: Yes.

Google engineer: 🤯 Ca... can you start tomorrow?

It was just a dream.


This was originally going to be a tweet but I decided not to post it because the joke only works if the audience grew up with AIM chat which limits reach (I have <100 followers). It was a fun writing exercise though and at least one person laughed (me, lol). I'm posting it on this blog because I haven't written anything here yet. Gotta flex that content creation muscle, right?

Context:

Inspiration:

  • I visited Google before (it wasn't for an interview) and had the guest name tag. Always wanted to do something with it!

  • Screenshot from 2022-06-14 22-44-33.png Source: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536928364702969862

  • Screenshot from 2022-06-14 23-13-18.png Source: https://twitter.com/TheHyyyype/status/1536039836150267907

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