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Updated May 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted May 13, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 2 months)
Very complicated and structured process. Internal employee referral - recruiter email screen - recruiter phone screen - phone sales mock pitch - 4 onsite interviews in Dublin - another phone interview - hiring and compensation committees - references check - offer. Took 2 months overall, with certain weeks without much progress but recruiter kept me in the loop overall. The time wasn't a problem for me since I had a day job, but I guess it might be more nerve wrecking if I was waiting for an answer the whole time. Great learning experience overall!
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Received a pretty attractive offer, contained both a base salary which was very competitive with an attractive Bonus as well in addition to the normal Google perks. The offer is based on a compensation committee review, so there is not much room to negotiate after you receive an offer, more in the process beforehand.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Jan 31, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 1+ week)
Horrible and hard to re think again, tough question and hifty environment. Let me explain how it started from,I applied online on the company website. About a week later, I got an email to schedule two back-to-back phone interviews in < a week. Second one was rescheduled last minute to next week. Both phone interviewers went very smoothly and the interviewers were very polite and easy to speak with. Each were an hour in length, with maybe the first 10-15 minutes of resume questions, background, etc., then it quickly became technical. I coded in a shared Google Doc for both. The first interviewer asked for whatever language (I chose C++), but the second one insisted on Python (which I was happy to oblige, it's actually my favorite to hack in). I had those two on my resume, so I assume they were probing me to see if I was lying. They will not ask you anything not on your resume and conversely, don't lie/exaggerate as if one of the largest tech. companies doesn't encounter that on a daily basis!
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It was not that easy and I finally I got the package which expected.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
I spoke with the Google HR recruiter on the phone and with one other individual before I was flown to one Google location for a series of 4 interviews (2 in person, 2 video conference). All went well, but they decided to move me to interview for an account manager position with a different team (they thought it would better fit my skill-set). I went to another Google location for another series of interviews (2 in person, 2 video conference), and hit it off with everyone except the last one- the decision maker (higher up- not sure of his title). His questions were more cryptic and less skill based than the others I had. This was ultimately the reason I didn't get the offer, according to the HR recruiter's feedback. I was at least glad he was honest with me. After talking to 8+ people and having rave reviews from everyone except one, it was a little disheartening that there wasn't more conversation among the group to determine if I should move on in the process.
In the end, I don't think Google is a good fit for me, because I'm looking for a company with less hierarchy and traditional corporate politics. Based on the experience, it looks like there is plenty of that internally.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Beijing, Beijing (China) (took 3 days)
I had this interview in the states. the job is based in China.
First, you will receive a basic phone interview with HR. Quite easy. Most of the questions were behavior interview.
Then she scheduled an other phone interview with an current account manager. questions are about current internet industry situation. Why google? He wanted to see if I can fit into this position.
The third interview was on site interview. I went to google office in DC to have a virtual meeting. Internet connection was really bad. I interviewed with an account manager and a department manager.
Account manager asked: current internet industry situation in China,
Manager asked: what if you were a google travel manager?...etc..
One week later, I received an email from Google. One good news and one bad news.
They gave me positive feedback but Google had a head count issue. Thus the job was closed...
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Personality Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Sep 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Dublin, County Dublin (Ireland) (took 2+ weeks)
First of all I got a Phone interview (approx. 30 min), which was really general. I had to talk about myself, my previous experiences and so on. This interview was not so hard, no tricky questions.
After that I went to Dublin in order to be interviewed by the team I was potentially join. I've got 4 interview in a row, all of the interviewers asking almost the same questions. Until the last interview I guess I did OK, but the last one was quite hard : I was sitting in front of the manager of the business unit. The guy made me wait 20 minutes (we where in the same room) coz he had stuff to do on his computer. In addition he was really cold, not friendly at all... And then I started asking me really tricky questions...
Overall, I was a great experience
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Jul 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 3 weeks)
I was called by a recruiter after submitting a resume online a few weeks before. I was surprised to get a call as I was not having high hopes of being contacted by Google. I missed the initial call due to a conference call, I had to call the recruiter a few times to get a response. Finally scheduled a brief phone interview with her, then moved on to interview with an account manager, I was then asked to fly up for an in-person interview just a couple hours after.
The travel arrangement was easy and I felt well taken care of. I met the recruiter in person and got to tour the building briefly before heading to a conference room. I was to interview with 4 different people and 30 mins each. My first interviewer had to be in New York, so we did a video conference which made me nervous at first, but he was very nice and gave me a good vibe that it was going well. My next 2 interviewers were also nice, made me feel very welcome and comfortable. The last interviewer was not very friendly, he just gave the impression that he was very book smart, which was very intimidating. He basically just put me on a spot with all of his technical questions, and I think I did pretty bad.
About a week after, I got a rejection email saying I didn't get the job. I called the recruiter right away and wanted to schedule a follow-up just to see how I did and how I could improve. I waited almost a month after multiple follow-up emails and voicemails. But my overall experience was still good, the recruiter is nice but I guess she was too busy. The people that I met on site were all friendly, and it was such a great experience. I still very much want to work for Google and hope for another chance soon.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Jun 23, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Singapore (Singapore) (took 4 weeks)
I got contacted from an HR through email to setup a phone interview, since I was in the US but the interviewer was in Singapore. The first phone interview was mainly about walking through resume, personal interest and goal, then we talked about the position, responsibilities, etc.
After a few days, I got another email from HR to schedule 2nd round of interviews. There were 4 interviewers for this round. Because of the location and time difference, I had the interview through video conference, two interviews per day. The 3 interviewers were from the same team, the other one was from the other team. They were all nice and friendly. Most of the questions were case studies (both strategy and quantitative questions), e.g. how should a plumber advertise his business, estimate number of light bulbs in UK.
About a week later, I got an email from HR saying I got through to the third round, the final round. This time it would be at Google office in the city where I lived in, through video conference to the person in APAC. I asked HR and she said the interview will be quite casual, catching up from last interviews. I was very surprised that the interviewer asked me more of case studies, which I wasn't (mentally) prepared for it. I knew when the interview was over that I screwed this up.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted May 16, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 3 weeks)
A Google recruiter contacted me via e-mail and I responded back and we schedule an interview. I had an interview with the recruiter which covered my resume and details about my work history. The recruiter was very positive and provided me several links to learn more about the position I was being considered for as well as a video on YouTube of what it is like to work at Google. After signing a NDA on the details of the specific position I had a second phone interview with the Director of the group which went well and focused on a specific skills set from a previous company that he was interested in. I was then flown out for 3 back to back 30 minute interviews. I met with a marketing manager, account manager, and operational manager. I had a really positive interview experience but I did not get the job. I was surprised as one of the interviewers advised they were certain they would see me back on campus in a week or two. The interview questions that were difficult were not ones you could prepare for as they seem to be generated by the important questions managers and leadership are asking themselves about the business. After the interview I had a slight feeling of having been used as a consultant. I thought this was actually a very good way of seeing how people might offer something new from their own experience with these issues as well as an opportunity to see how a candidate thinks on his feet. If you are an account manager be prepared to talk about account management in an intelligent way. If you were a sales manager prepare to talk about how you assign accounts and how you might improve the tools used for account management.
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted May 10, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Shanghai (China) (took a day)
Phone Interview with HR: Was very easy and casual. The HR lady just wants to know the basic things about you, your experiences, where do you see yourself in 2 years, do you want to be relocated, do you know how Google makes its profit, etc. The HR lady that interviewed me also explained Google's application process which includes 5 interviews that will likely take4 to 6 weeks.
1st Interview: The 1st interview was with 2 senior managers who you will be directly reporting to. The interview was done separately and was through video conferencing (even though the person was in the same building and floor as you). Questions were largely about explaining your background and then your professional experience as it relates to the position you are interviewing for.
After the 1st interview, I was told to wait for HR to get in touch and explain the next step. I am still waiting for HR to get back and have followed-up with them as well. But they only told me that they are still reviewing my application.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Google
Posted Mar 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 2 weeks)
My experience was not good at all. During my unique phone interview I did hear people laughing from the other side. The recruiter were not concentrate about what I was talking..
Questions related about: How much time I did stay in each previous companies (month and year) and why I did change for each one too.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Background Check and a Phone Interview.
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