Anyone work for Google? updated * 12-09

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ViviTheMage

ViviTheMage

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I am curious, they are flying me out to a location to interview me in person, woohoo!

I was wondering what the process was like? This is a technical position (Level 3ish), not a programming position.

What kind of people do they prefer? I assume open minded and all that, which is what I am 8).

Anything I should watch out for, or really prepare for?

Honestly, I am just pumped they're flying me out for an onsite, anything passed that is just awesome :).


UPDATE 11-15

Just got my flight confirmed, cost them $1,100...oooft. They are paying for hotel + car rental + fuel + $35 allowance per day.


UPDATE 11-25

super busy with work, holiday, and other stuff, but I made a lengthy post on what the process was like...lots of TL;DR probably, but here it is :

http://vivithemage.com/?p=423

TL;DR

I feel like my interviews went great, I never felt like anything was over my head, at all, everyone that interviewed me said I did a great job.

I just wait to know if I have an offer or not, can take 1-3 weeks to get back to me on it.

UPDATE 11-30

Badass! I got a email back from my recruiter, they loved me in the onsite...they want to have one more phone interview with me!

UPDATE 12-09

I actually had to do 2 more phone interviews, and on the last one he told me it was the last interview i'd have. Found out last night I didn't get a job offer...Man, I am burnt out interviewing, haha. The last 2 were probably a bit harder, because I was burnt out of it, but they felt like they went OK. Guess not!
 
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I've always wondered if they have conducted internal background queries on potential hires. Imagine the file and the sheer volume of information they have on practically everyone.
 
ViviTheMage

ViviTheMage

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Aharami said:
congrats and good luck! how were all the interviews so far?
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I do not know anyone at Google, so I have applied to about 15~ jobs, and had about 7 phone interviews so far. This is the first time they're flying me out for an inperson.

I have read a lot of people bad mouthing the recruiters, but I have had zero issues with them, they have been very helpful. The interviewers have contacted me right on time, and once they even called me back after I missed it (time zone misshap on my end), and all went smoothly.

I plan to write a nice blog article on the process once I get done, whether I get a job or not.

The experience is worth it IMO!
 
Patranus

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I know sever people who work/worked for Google.
They have great 'benefits' and 'accommodations' but they are simply designed to keep you at work and work you into the ground only to replace you several years later after you have been burned out with a new college graduates.
 
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ViviTheMage

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Patranus said:
I know sever people who work/worked for Google.
They have great 'benefits' but they are simply designed to keep you at work and work you into the ground only to replace you several years later after you have been burned out with a new college graduates.
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Any company can do this to you...
 
Zeze

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I know 3 personal friends that work at google. 2 in Mountain View (both before IPO), 1 in NYC (hired few months ago).

1 is a head of SEM parntnerships and doing quiet well for himself (I'd speculate 150-250k).
Another one I'm not sure. More technical.

The one in NYC is an entry level. She's in ad sales.

Google is known to ask strange questions, but for technical positions like yours, they ask some seriously hardcore shit. You better be prepared to know your shit.

I also agree with above post. Google is now a mega company with thousands of replaceable staff. Just sayin'.
 
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Zeze

Zeze

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"If you look at a clock and the time is 3:15, what is the angle between the hour and the minute hands?"

I'm so glad I got this one right off the bat (considering I'm not math-oriented).
 
Zeze

Zeze

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ViviTheMage said:
0 degrees?
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3:15 = Big hand happens to be on 3 as well (15th min). So you're just figuring out how much the small hand moves in 15 mins.

It takes 60 mins for small hand to move 1 hour (obviously). And 1 hour is = 30 degrees (360 / 12 hours).

So 15 mins = quarter of an hour = Answer: small hand moves 7.5 degrees (30 / 4)

Uh oh, you're in trouble. :whiste: And that wasn't even nearly technical.

They ask crap like this:

Given two numbers m and n, write a method to return the first number r that is
divisible by both (e.g., the least common multiple).

I have no idea wtf that is.
 
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Zeze

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ViviTheMage said:
Guess I am missing it ... because if it's 3:15 both hands are on the 3, no? Comparing the 2, they are the same angle?
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The small hand doesn't magically jump from 3 to 4. It is gradual.

So at 3:15, they are not at same position. Big hand in on 3 (15 mins), but the small hand is somewhere between 3 and 4. Rest of the answer is on my previous post.
 
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