> Saying the public transport in Cuba is bad makes no sense. Basically nobody owns a car in Cuba and people still get around just fine
what does not make sense is saying that "the public transport in Cuba is bad makes no sense". Both public or private transport is bad in any angle. You can not say people still get around just fine when for instances sometimes you need 4 hours or more to reach a place 80 kilometers far from you. Sometimes you just have to give up and returns home after some hours exposed to the sun on the road.
* As someone who is born in Cuba and lived and studied in Cuba, feel free to ask additional questions ;)
> You can not say people still get around just fine when for instances sometimes you need 4 hours or more to reach a place 80 kilometers far from you.
If you are a bit unlucky that might be a realistic time for traveling by train here in Germany so I don't really see the horror.
They don't have the public transport level of Japan sure but even most of the developed world is much worse. In most parts of the US not owning a car is not even a realistic options.
If we are fair and compare Cuba to other underdeveloped countries in South America then they compare very favorable.
Here is my 5 stars review: Years ago I downloaded the Freya version after donating $20 , and it was a very pleasant experience. Later on I got a Tuxedo laptop that came with Elementary preinstalled based on Ubuntu 16.04 and I haven't ever reinstalled it again, it is very stable, the upgrade process work all the time without issues.
I used to go to Work every day by walking around 2 Km, without doubt it helps a lot to arrive work clear minded and in good mood. I think is even better when you walk in group and you talk to the others.
chances are you were in a good and balanced mood to begin with, because you didn't have to rush and take a quicker alternative.
I used to run part of the way to school because I was notoriously late. At the end of the year I aced the gym class mile run, but overall my unreliability caused much concern in other topics. I maintained for a time that exercise is vital for a healthy mind, but because I didn't exercise on purpose, I couldn't take advantage of it.
> and be able to borrow EUR 9,000 to apply for the student visa
As far as I know there is not need of EUR 9,000 to apply for a student Visa, I studied in a german university as an international student, hence I know you do not need such amount of money to apply for Visa. In the other hand in many cases you can get scholarships which compensate for these expenses.
I was going off this page [0] which says, "At least the living expenses for your first year in Germany must be fully financed. In general, about 8,640 euros of income or assets are required for the first year, or 720 euros per month".
I find a lot of arrogance in this Principles, at some point of view it is even evil. Have anybody knows of another company that throws their leadership principles to your face?
Because in general the principles are centered in make a more profitable enterprise while not taking care of many important human values. I don't think raising the bar is more important than having a team in harmony where everybody cares about everybody while at the same time is highly motivated for the project success.
At least they give you some feedback in the end. I had the experience to be rejected after an onsite interview at Amazon, and they did not take the time to give a word of feedback, after I even asked for it.
I see the past interviews were of great help to you to finally get the position at Amazon. I am looking forward to read your third post. Complimenti collega!
No feedback has been the norm, in my experience. Can be frustrating when the company asks you to invest 4+ weeks on phone screens, take-home projects, and in-person interviews, and then emails you a form letter rejection and cuts contact.
Grazie :)
Getting zero feedback sucks, but as far as I understand it, this is a way to cover their asses from lawsuits. Basically, if you don't get hired, and x gets hired, and you happen to know that your feedbacks were similar, then you could claim that you have been discriminated on. This is especially true if, say, you are black and x is white, or similar.
I had the same experience with Amazon--dinged with no feedback.
Normally I'm a sucker for irony, but when they sent me an auto email a few weeks later asking _me_ for feedback (ie, a survey on the hiring process), I didn't find it immediately funny.
If you mean communication over the process, don't worry, I got the "regretfully decline to proceed"-type phone call afterwards.
What I meant is that I can't recall any feedback like "personable, but algorithms needs work" or "code too messy" or "couldn't answer domain questions" etc. Just a general "sorry, please try again later."
To be fair, this was a verbal conversation from 7 months ago, so it may be there was something like that but I was too preoccupied with the bad news to write it down.
I did get (prompt) feedback. I got an initial email with the rejection, and my recruiter scheduled a follow up call.
I wasn't given anything specific, but I was given fairly strong hints like "I think you know that the 3rd and 5th interviews were your best". I was told that they thought my communication was clear, and that while they didn't have any issues with my code, I could have been faster and a bit more fluent converting my solutions into code.
Probably boils down to what your recruiter is willing to give you, and how much you can correlate what they say to your interviews.
All in all a pleasant experience, though the luck of the draw part became very obvious. Were I to go for it again, I know exactly how I'd prepare for it. The key (in my experience) is to be able to hammer out that first coding problem in under 25 minutes. If you get to the 'second stage' where you're chatting to your interviewer and trying some additional toy problems, you're doing well.
I see. I misread your comment, because there was another comment which said they never heard back from Google after their onsite.
In that case it's true, you generally don't get any feedback after you interview at big tech companies. I would recommend to do a mock interview to prepare and get honest feedback.
Are you sure about this? I believe for liability reasons no feedback should ever be given, aside from the generic "you were very good / very close" just to make people feel better about themselves.
what does not make sense is saying that "the public transport in Cuba is bad makes no sense". Both public or private transport is bad in any angle. You can not say people still get around just fine when for instances sometimes you need 4 hours or more to reach a place 80 kilometers far from you. Sometimes you just have to give up and returns home after some hours exposed to the sun on the road. * As someone who is born in Cuba and lived and studied in Cuba, feel free to ask additional questions ;)