[bhilburn]

The author definitely stressed this a few times in the article.

To a new employer, the fact that he "made it through a Google interview" honestly doesn't mean much. Even Google interviews are wildly variable, and more importantly it doesn't in any way indicate that the candidate is a good match for whatever job he/she is interviewing for.

Talking about products and designs he had worked on in the past, at a technical level, though, is crucially important, and the author also pointed out they failed to do that (or at least I think he did?)

Anyway, getting a job at "one of the big employers" honestly doesn't mean much - there are plenty of people that get rejected that probably deserved a hire, and plenty of of people that get hired that aren't up to par. What matters more is what the candidate did while he was there.

It's sort of funny that he points out how broken interviewing & hiring is, but then also says that because he got hired by Google, he should be treated differently.

Still a really interesting article, though, and I think his points about specializing are quite valid. Reminds me of this post, which is worth the read: http://alexgivesup.com/2013/12/23/i-got-fired-last-week-that...