A true story about interviewing at Google in 2006.
I’m at MSFT, running an engineering team in the Windows group. Vista started out as an ambitious and exciting project but it has become slow-motion torture porn. Ballmer and Sinofsky are actively destroying org structures across the company, incl Windows.
I get a cold call from an executive recruiter (ER) about a gig at Google. I’m intrigued by the JD.
After some back and forth I tell her sure, I’ll apply for the job.