where I think out loud
TL;DR I was successfully able to plan for and achieve a successful interview at Google. Here is my routine, the subject matter I studied, and some other tips. Introduction I have already written a number of posts on my first attempt at landing a job at Google. Though that attempt didn’t get me the job,…
TL;DR I interviewed for Google for a second time and got the job. Yay! I aligned my options carefully, negotiated well, and came out satisfied. Reading this might help you do the same. Introduction So, there comes a point in every engineers career where they ask themselves do they really have what it takes to work…
Being among those who have received an invitation to use Google’s Inbox service, I feel obligated to write my own review of its interface. It is basically that, an interface to the existing Gmail, not that I had expected anything different. I am not in the habit of reading long reviews, and as such, will…
I got the final call. I got called about half an hour ago, and the answer was that sadly I wasn’t chosen to be a part of Google’s big picture this time around. The good news, according to the calling person, was that I did do rather well and was very much close to the…
I went in for the face to face. The people were nice and friendly in the office. I did have a fairly nasty incident the night before, though. Needless to say, travel costs including taxi fare were all covered by Google, so I hardly spent a penny. I went out 10 something at night to…
So, I heard back from my coordinator that I had successfully passed my third phone interview. I was told that the answer would come back in a week — if I was good — and maybe even later. And I was planning to have a month or two of exhaustive study and preparation before the…
So I got a letter saying no positions are open at the Sydney office. After closely evaluating each of my opportunities in the Europe, I have now reached the conclusion that my next best choices are Zurich and Dublin. But I have yet to know whether or not it is actually going to happen. Fingers…
I got my answer in about three weeks. A rather long period of time, based on the normal time reported by other people. But it was good news, so I wasn’t too mad. What had happened was that apparently it was Google recruitment season finale and my recruiter was swamped. So, anyway, I got good…
Okay. I had my first phone screen with Google on October 16th. Unfortunately, the phone connection broke down five times and the interviewer (who, incidentally, was called “Anonymous Iguana” in the Google Doc shared with me for the purpose of the interview) had to postpone it. My recruiting coordinator wanted to reschedule for a week…
As I have previously mentioned, I am currently preparing myself for an interview with Google. To that end, I am bringing my data structures and algorithms knowledge up to scratch by practicing all the important bits from CLRS. To help other people who are, like me, going through the same phase, here is a link…