Ramblin' & Amblin' (2026-10-15): Good morning, I'm going to do, I think
Ramblin' & Amblin' Field Notes with Mike Hall (Staff Software Engineer) Recorded on the move: engineering observations, systems architecture, and software craftsmanship reflections.
The Interviewer
Mike Hall
Host, ramblin-amblin
Mike Hall
Host, ramblin-amblin
▶ Speaking
Good morning, I'm going to do, I think it's a little
lighter video today. I have so much I want to talk about,
but this one's a funnier one. I'm going to just talk about
two experiences I had with getting interviewed by two of
the letters of the FANG, what was that, F-A-A-N-G-5, yeah,
the FANG-5. So, one was, these are a long time ago.
Mike Hall
Host, ramblin-amblin
▶ Speaking
First off, I want
to say it's 2026 that I'm recording this and that's 2026. These were probably like, I don't know, 2013, 2015,
somewhere in that ballpark. As you can see, I didn't get
the job because it's not on my resume. It's how do you know somebody worked at Google?
Mike Hall
Host, ramblin-amblin
▶ Speaking
You don't
because they've already told you, you know, stuff like that
. But, okay, so I'm being interviewed for Google, okay? I'm
interviewing with Google and I'm sitting at my desk and it
's a phone screen and we're using, I don't know, Hangout or
whatever their tool was at the time. The interviewer, just again, gotta paint a picture here, is
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