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Defining Google

pbaumgar writes "Did anyone catch the 60 Minutes piece on Google this evening? They mention their hiring process a bit in the story: 'For example, Google is hiring about 25 new people every week, and receives more than 1,000 resumes a day. But they're determined to stick to their rigorous screening process. Google uses aptitude tests, which it has even placed in technical magazines, hoping some really big brains would tackle the hardest problems. Score well on the test, and you might get a job interview. And then another and another. One recent hire had 14 interviews before getting the job - and that was in the public relations department.' As a person who recently interviewed with them this past summer (I didn't get the job), I was wondering what others' experiences were like who interview with Google. I had 4 interviews, and it was by far the longest and most interesting interviewing process I've been involved in. I'd love to hear others' experiences in their attempt to get hired."

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  1. lol, what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    lol, what?

  2. What no one got interviewed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or am I the first post? :D

  3. My experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was placed in a dark room filled with robots who probed my butthold

  4. y halo thar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i am riding your moms cock?

  5. Is it just me by Neil+Blender · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or does Google sound like Microsoft more and more everyday?

  6. Re:Quick Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So you're full of shit and now your boss (if he carred to know) knows it. As does the whole world... I am starting to believe the stuff about people getting fired over a forrum posting ... let me guess you just graduated and you hold no advanced degrees or even have planns for one. You use M$ about 99% of the time, you have taken a jab at linux but it seems too complex for you and you have no clue what the whole open source *thing* is about. You also don't know much about programing despite the fact that you took courses in school. (oh yeah so did everybody else). Oh yeah and job that you landed was a bottom of the chain one and that's why you were expected to only have the ability to learn fast. Not the case with google and also if you were to apply with google you are the kind of person that won't get hired because the people there went to college too and know that you are full of shit. So spare me the details and hope that your boss didn't find out who you are.

  7. Re:Article flaws by SCVirus · · Score: -1, Troll

    wah wah wah wah wah wah. Oh my god they made techinical errors in the article to people. WAH WAH WAH. Did they say Algorithms are computer code? Oh no my world is crashing down. Oh my god they said that googles index reflects the internet? Guess what most people use the word internet for www browsing and the bill they pay each money AND GUESS WHAT THE MAJORITY GET TO DECIDE THE MEANINGS OF WORDS. STOP COMPLAINING FOR FUCK SAKE.

  8. Idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    don't you realize this is the Internet? you could be whoever you want..

    and they said you were smart.. pfft!

  9. Re:Anti-Military? by Ellen+Spertus · · Score: 0, Troll

    That sounds terrible. You should tell your recruiter what happened.

  10. Re:i interviewed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your last disclaimer shows that you are not the brightest star in the sky.

  11. Re:Quick Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I sunk my cock into the WELL of his ass. It felt GOOD. But only for me.