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How to get a job at Google
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Number of Offices
87
Number of Offices
Work Life Balance
A+
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Company Culture
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Company Culture
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All you need to know about Google
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Google"s mission is to organize the world"s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Interview questions to prepare for
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While some applicants may be able to skip a traditional behavioral interview, Google still looks for candidates who display what they call "Googleyness", meaning alignment with Google"s values.

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They also assess cognitive ability, leadership, and role-related skills.

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Questions often use real Google products in their scenarios. Familiarize yourself with Google products to prepare. These can also be used in your answers as examples.

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Tell me about a tough problem you solved, how did you solve me, walk me through it.

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Describe a challenging problem you faced and how you solved it.

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How do you handle working in a team or collaborating with others?

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What experiences that you have had in the past that will help you succeed at Google?

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What were two goals that you had and how did you meet them?

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What’s your strength? And 3 weaknesses?

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What is your favorite Google product?

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Tell me about a time when a project went wrong.

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How do you stay updated with the latest industry trends or technological advancements?

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How do you handle stress in a competitive working environment?

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How do you prioritize your work and manage your time effectively?

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We all deal with difficult customers from time to time. Tell me about a challenging client facing situation and how you handled it.

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Describe a time when you had to make a difficult decision.

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Tell me more in-depth about your current work experience.

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What is your preferred work style or approach to collaboration?

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Give me a time that you went against the status quo.

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Tell me about a time when you set and achieved a goal?

The usual interview process
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Stage 1: Phone screen with a recruiter with simple behavioral interview questions.

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Stage 2: A technical phone interview, usually over Google Hangouts. Questions often focus on Google maps features. Familiarize yourself with Google products to prepare.

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Stage 3: Occasionally, candidates maty get a take home project.

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Stage 4: An onsite interview with 5 one-on-one rounds. Questions focus on computational statistics, algoritihms, product interpretation, metrics and experimentation, modeling, and probability. Interviewers may ask behavioral questions as well.

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