Google's been recruiting programmers based on their search habits

Google's been recruiting programmers based on their search habits

Google's been recruiting programmers based on their search habits by Sean Buckley | @seaniccus | 55 mins ago August 26th 2015 8:54 pm Want a job slinging code for Google? You might already be on the company's radar. According to new Google hire Max Rosett , he never applied for a job at Google -- the company reached out to him after he made a habit of using Google search as a programming resource. One day, a search for "python lambda function list comprehension" returned something unexpected: a secret Google recruitment test. Seriously. If you search the right terms often enough, Google might interrupt your quest for knowledge with a question: "You're speaking our language. Up for a challenge?" If you are, you'll get access to Foo.bar, a UNIX-like interface that presents users with programming challenges. Foo.bar led Rosett through six different challenges, each with specific requirements and time limits. When he finished them all,

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