any insight on their interview questions or process?

any info would be appreciated !

11/6/2006 10:36:26 PM

All I can say is good luck. I've heard it's insane.

11/6/2006 10:43:55 PM

From what I heard, they won't even talk to you unless you bring an animal sacrifice.

11/6/2006 10:45:44 PM

ohh man, thanks

11/6/2006 11:50:45 PM

No problem, man. You're a shoo-in now.

11/6/2006 11:54:45 PM

The questions are based more on your thought process than any one concrete / correct answer. (Some of the questions didn't seem like they had answers). They mix questions up regularly, so don't expect anybody who has interviewed before to be of any help.

And don't sweat it if the interviewer is being hard on you. The interview personality can be totally different than the person's real personality, so don't take it personally.

11/7/2006 7:32:32 AM

just do a google search. there's tons of blog postings out there about people's experiences. but if you didn't figure that out, well, yeah...

11/7/2006 9:47:20 AM

http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001031.html

11/7/2006 11:17:44 AM

http://vault.com/companies/company_main.jsp?product_id=10074&ch_id=263&co_page=1

11/7/2006 9:42:06 PM

dakohler works there now. not sure if he still reads tww though.

11/11/2006 9:00:49 AM

has anyone from NCSU ever been hired by Google?

11/17/2006 10:20:23 AM

yes

[Edited on November 17, 2006 at 10:46 AM. Reason : dakohler for one, i know of at least one other]

11/17/2006 10:46:22 AM

the prescreen phone call was by a guy who worked at google for 8 months. He asked fundamental questions and took notes and goes back to HR with these notes. Its pretty standard.

[Edited on November 18, 2006 at 6:02 PM. Reason : no brain teaser =(]

11/18/2006 6:01:33 PM

does that company actually make money?

11/19/2006 1:39:45 AM

I have a phone interview with them this week, I'll let you know what happens.

11/28/2006 12:40:55 PM

Quote :

"does that company actually make money?"

yes

11/28/2006 3:42:31 PM

P/E: 62.16

11/28/2006 4:32:19 PM

Quote :

"does that company actually make money?"

WHA WHA WHAAA!?

[Edited on November 28, 2006 at 5:37 PM. Reason : "Major : CSC" - shenanigans i hope]

11/28/2006 5:36:47 PM

good luck tyler!

11/28/2006 10:58:32 PM

how'd your interview go noen?

12/4/2006 10:35:58 PM

Not too sure, the guy who interviewed me was very nervous. It seemed like it was one of the first times he had ever conducted a phone interview, so that made things a little bit awkward. Guess we will see what happens next

12/14/2006 1:12:45 PM

if someone is nervous when they interview you, it's the perfect opportunity to just be a nice, cool, accepting person and make them love you.

12/18/2006 3:24:22 AM

^truth.

I always preferred the guys who are total and sheer assholes in interviews though.

You can get some real good banter going back and forth with those guys.

12/19/2006 10:00:32 AM

what would you do for google? just curious

12/19/2006 10:43:08 AM

Well, they passed on me. Oh well, onwards and upwards

12/19/2006 4:20:33 PM

Quote :

"WHA WHA WHAAA!? [Edited on November 28, 2006 at 5:37 PM. Reason : "Major : CSC" - shenanigans i hope]"

Have you ever read any of their investor press releases? How every quarter they can report revenues up 90% from the same quarter last year sounds a little too much like Enron to be true.

12/20/2006 6:35:43 PM

Quote :

"State Offers $4.7M Grant To Land Google Facility By RICK SMITH Posted: Dec. 28 1:37 p.m. Updated: 2 minutes ago Raleigh — The State of North Carolina is attempting to convince Internet search engine giant Google to locate a new facility and 210 jobs in Caldwell County. Madras Integration, which Governor Mike Easley’s office described as an “entity related to world leading Internet search engine Google,” received the grant offer. “The state has made a good offer, and we hope Google will accept it and decide to locate their facility in North Carolina,” Easley said in a statement. “This company would provide the kind of good-paying, knowledge-based jobs that North Carolina citizens want. In addition, this kind of investment in Caldwell County would help reinvigorate an area hard hit in the past by the loss of textile jobs.” However, a spokesperson for Google said the company has not yet made a decision about where it will expand. Lenior, which is in Caldwell County, is among the candidates. "We are evaluating a number of sites, including one in Lenoir, N.C., as possible locations for new technology infrastructure to support the strong and growing demand for our services,” said Barry Schnitt on behalf of Google. “We appreciate the efforts of the state and local governments to work with us through the evaluation process and hope to have additional details to announce in the coming months." Google is said to be looking for sites to build “server farms” – large facilities for hosting of servers to support is massive data operation. A company called Madras Integration LLC was formed on Aug. 1 of this year, according to the N.C. Secretary of State’s office. The state’s Economic Investment Committee formally approved a $4.7 million Job Development Investment Grant for Madras Integration on Thursday morning. If Google does pick North Carolina, the investment would be the largest secured in part through a job development grant, according to a Department of Commerce spokesperson. Should Google decide to locate the facility in North Carolina, the company has said it would invest as much as $600 million. The jobs would be created over four years and pay average salaries of more than $48,000 a year plus benefits, the Department of Commerce spokesperson said. Caldwell County and the city of Lenoir have been hammered by layoffs, especially in the furniture and textile industries. In August, for example, Broyhill Furniture shut down a plant that employed 692 people. The county had one of the state’s highest unemployment rates, 7.5 percent, in October. The state unemployment rate is 4.9 percent. The county is classified as a Tier 1, which is the lowest in a classification system developed by the state to measure economic activity. The facility would be located in a 215-acre industrial park being developed near the city of Lenoir, according to a local economic development spokesperson. The grant approved by the state does not require a local match in incentives. In September, Lenoir and Caldwell County officials launched efforts to rezone land to commercial from residential for the building of the industrial park. Caldwell County and Duke Energy purchased the land, according to the Charlotte Observer. The state has awarded 41 other JDIG grants since the program was launched. According to the governor’s office, the grants have helped create more than 14,000 jobs and generated more than $2 billion in investments. Google is planning to expand its technology infrastructure and is looking at several different sites, including one near Charleston, S.C., a company spokesman told The Post and Courier of Charleston last week. The paper said a project that would create 400 jobs and an investment of $750 million could be in the works. The jobs would pay an average wage of $90,000. Copyright 2006 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may no"

12/29/2006 10:51:54 AM

Anyone else?

I think nintool works there now?

2/9/2007 10:48:24 AM

i want to work for google

2/17/2007 5:34:24 PM

Had an on-site there, fantastic campus and very sharp people!

2/27/2007 11:10:30 AM

which location did you go to?

2/27/2007 12:28:37 PM

mtn view

2/27/2007 1:02:24 PM

Took the offer- starting there soon

3/16/2007 8:05:53 PM

congrats man!

3/16/2007 10:06:13 PM

what are you going to be doing there?

3/23/2007 11:33:24 AM

network operations

3/23/2007 8:05:08 PM

how much are gonna be makin?

3/23/2007 9:04:42 PM

$google

3/24/2007 10:09:10 AM

hah, i'm more excited about the work than the pay :-p

3/24/2007 5:01:24 PM

congrats

you are set 4 life

3/24/2007 5:28:30 PM

good job man! always awesome seeing state kids get into good spots.

3/25/2007 2:09:35 AM

Congrats! Make us proud.

3/26/2007 8:54:31 AM

congrats dude -- now when my gmail is acting up, i'll come to this thread to bitch at you

3/26/2007 11:41:04 AM

fix my gmail cdubya

3/27/2007 3:37:35 PM

I just do bits and bytes on a wire- and I don't even work there yet

3/27/2007 5:41:02 PM