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“bar” and “foo” are terms used by software engineers as a placeholder for a value that can change, depending on conditions. These formed the name and identity for a special lab project for Google’s recruitment marketing team aimed at engaging with engineers in their language - code. A series of hidden easter eggs built into Google Search queries for complex coding challenges which awarded those curious enough with an interview with Google.
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Stories from software engineers at Google was a microsite which accompanied the bar.foo recruitment marketing efforts revealing some of the secrets and techniques used by Google engineers.