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But Most FANG interviewers don't seem to have any training



Yes. Not all engineers take interviewing seriously, and even fewer actually want to be doing it in the moment. It can be seen as a too-frequent interruption that drags down productivity. This creates pressure to put interviewers in rotation who are not ready (so that more senior people can do their actual jobs) and can lead to a bad time when an otherwise-good interviewer betrays his annoyance at having you appear on his calendar. A disturbing proportion of your success as a candidate depends on luck of the draw.


That always struck me as odd given Americas litigious nature.

I worked for a big UK company in the past and you had to pass a 2 or 3 day residential course before you where allowed to interview anyone.


Aside from discriminating on protected characteristics, white-collar employment decisions are not really subject to judicial review.


They are in labour courts (assuming the USA) and at Tribunals in the UK - and a mistake in procedure is an automatic loss for employer side.




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