demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
How to: Work at Google — Example Coding/Engineering Interview
Life at Google · 2 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2017–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 13 other demo videos tagged Software practice, open source & careers, the mean is 2.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 2.5 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
80% of its 5 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 24 minutes 2 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-11-07.
- Channel / speaker
- Life at Google
- Verified runtime
- 24m 2s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-11-07
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Software practice, open source & careers. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to: Work at Google — Example Coding/Engineering InterviewCurrent video | 2 | 3 | 80% | — | 24m 2s | 2016-11-07 |
| Mock Interview with Shawn McGrathdemo · Molly Rocket | 6 | 6 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 101m 38s | 2017-01-21 |
| Hacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.orgdemo · The Go Programming Language | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 62m 49s | 2015-01-09 |
| How A Blind Developer Uses Visual Studiodemo · Coding Tech | 4 | 3 | 44% | No recorded overlap | 7m 9s | 2018-03-01 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Most common mistakes during interviews”. Its short rationale: Excellent example of a great technical interview with clarifying questions.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “I turned my interview task for Google into a startup”. Its short rationale: Shows chances for candidates to shine technically and in communication.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “I turned my interview task for Google into a startup”. Its short rationale: Example Google whiteboard interview, praised as excellent.