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Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2011 in Mountain View, CA (took 4+ weeks)

The first phone interview I had was with the recruiter. She asked me to go through my resume to make sure that I was a good fit for the company and position. The second phone interview was with the hiring manager. She also asked me to walk through my resume. She did not ask me any technical questions. All the questions were to ensure that I would fit well with the company and position. My three phone interview was with the hiring manager's manager. He asked all the technical questions.

After the 3 phone interviews, I flew out to California to interview with the hiring manager, the hiring manager's manager, the director of finance, and a business partner. Be prepared to know the financials and business model of the company.

Interview Questions

-If you projected a $500M expense and the variance came in at $1M, what are some of the explanations for why that is happening? (Be prepared to give more than 3 scenarios).

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-If operating margin decreased from a year before, name some reasons why this could be happening.

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If you were the CFO of the company, which products are you most excited about and why?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)

I just had 1 interview with the HR. Didn't get past that. She asked about my GPA both in undergrad and grad schools. Other questions:
1. Why Google?
2. Why this role?
3. About the previous role.
She said it was a very competitive position so it was important to highlight relevant "analysis" experience as much as possible. I couldn't get past this stage because it wasn't possible for me to join asap as they wanted.

Interview Questions

She wanted details of GPA and courses I had undertaken in my undergrad school. Wasn't difficult but unexpected.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 in Mountain View, CA (took 2 weeks)

got phone call from the recruiter at Google, then another interview over the phone, one week later they flew me to mountain view for 4 back to back interview. And another week later, they told me not to give me an offer but didn't give any reason.

The people I have spoke with over the phone and in person are very nice, but nothing particular strike me to eager to work for them either. Google campus is very neat, but didn't get a chance to have their free lunch.

They asked me brain teaser questions as well as technical questions.

Interview Questions

why you want to work for Google

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2008 (took a day)

Phone interview is the screening which already I can feel Google recruiters have very high standards

Interview Questions

What are the three most frustrated working experience at current job?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2008 (took 6+ weeks)

Applied via Linked in. Within a day, had two phone screens with senior managers. A week later, flown to Mountain View to interview for two positions. 8-9 30 minute interviews in a single day. Two days later I heard positive feedback from recruiter. Offer made within a month.

Interview Questions

Describe Google's Products

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How many users does Google have given xxx revenue?

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2010 in Mountain View, CA (took 4 weeks)

I submitted my resume to a recruiter through our school's online job board and got a call a few days later to schedule a phone interview. I was asked to go through my resume and then asked a few technical questions about SQL and statistical inference. After botching up a question or two, I was asked how long it would take me to learn SQL and was invited on site about a week later.

On-site interview was with 6 different people. I was not asked a single technical question during the whole thing! Most asked me to go through my resume and a couple asked, "why Google?" I did OK through the first five interviews but did not do so well with the last interviewer, who happened to be the director and hiring manager for the position. We went downstairs to Google's famed cafeteria but I didn't have a chance to enjoy my lunch as I had to eat while the interview took place! He asked me several questions about Google's source of revenue, how to set production quotas, what information is most helpful in making a decision, and how to delegate. The last interviewer was generally indifferent and did not seem too inviting.

I called a week later and was told that they would not be moving forward with my application. According to my recruiter, I was competing with 5 others and was not the best qualified candidate.

Interview Questions

How much did Google make from online advertising last year?

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How would you summarize the performance of online sales operations to a manager with little or no technical background?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Mountain View, CA (took a day)

December - Phone interview.
The interviewer was BA/MBA Harvard, but he was pretty nice.Just general questions likewhy google and where do you fit in. One brainteaser- how many trains run daily for new jersey to new york

Februaru- On site
3 back-to-back 30 mins interviews