google job interview

david boon

Mar 5th 2007, 3:58 am

HI guys ...

has anyone ever attended an interview at google ???? If yes please respond ..

position is Search Quality Evaluator ...........

i am expecting some kind of tips ..

thanks and regards

koolasia

Mar 5th 2007, 4:30 am

not really but do you know how much they pay for the job ur apllying for

InetMS

Mar 5th 2007, 4:43 am

I applied for an Account Exectutive position last year, I was even offered the job. But at the time I could not convince my wife to move to NY. From what I remember of the interview process is that Google is very much like everyone else. The exception being they want the BEST, so my advice to you is brush up on all the lingo and be prepared to be challenged.

Chris Cooper

Mar 5th 2007, 5:13 am

Could be a very busy job at the moment as the "search quality" is non-existent!

americantruckbuyer

Mar 5th 2007, 7:30 am

What is the pay they offer like??? does they offer a pay like other companies ??? or higher ?

david boon

Mar 5th 2007, 8:03 am

i have absolutely no idea about the pay ....

and Mr. Chris ....i didnt get you if what u meant to say .....""search quality" is non-existent!"

david boon

Mar 5th 2007, 8:10 am

KingofKings

Mar 5th 2007, 1:43 pm

It would be interesting to work in google, maybe you will know 100% the ways in and ways out of there search engine. Not that it is that complicated, but I bet there is always something that we don't know. :)

NashTax

Mar 5th 2007, 4:03 pm

I'd love to work for the company -I heard nearly all people who work there are millionaires

Ephemeral

Mar 5th 2007, 8:00 pm

Would be so hard to be hired by google. Goodluck!

mvandemar

Mar 5th 2007, 9:17 pm

I really would love to work there too.

But for me, it's mostly because I really really want to meet User A from Google Romance (http://www.google.com/romance/tour.html), and of course because of my huge crush on Marissa Mayer (http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#marissa). :D

http://www.google.com/corporate/images/management/marissa.jpg

-Michael

david boon

Mar 5th 2007, 9:41 pm

guys and gals isthere any one who can share few interview questions or procedures rather than saying that "i am interested to work "/.....LOL coz there would be none who say that he /she doesnt like to work there

charlesgan

Mar 5th 2007, 11:42 pm

wow... heard it need IQ test to get the job there. seen the test paper before, and not a clue to answer.. :D

oseymour

Mar 6th 2007, 12:34 am

its one of the best companies to work for.

No one person at Google knows the entire search algorithm. Think about it, it could be a nightmare if they left the company.

I met a google engineer at a conference and he something like.........no one person knows all the algo. about 5 people know parts of it and they don't know each other and they will never meet each other. All 5 aren't even on the same continent.

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 12:37 am

its one of the best companies to work for.

No one person at Google knows the entire search algorithm. I met a google engineer at a search engine conference and he was very evasive but he gave a weird and non direct answer such that said something like.........no one person knows all the algo. 5 people know parts of it and they don't know each other and they will never meet each other. All 5 aren't even on the same continent.

this sounds interesting ....can you please extend this by giving me the complete info regarding that conference or just give me a link .......

Joesy

Mar 6th 2007, 12:40 am

Congratulations on your interview with Google David Boon.

Let us now how you get on!

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 5:10 am

thanks mate ..(joesy)

i will post the questions which will be asked in the exam

an0n

Mar 6th 2007, 5:14 am

seodelhi

Mar 6th 2007, 5:17 am

HI guys ...

has anyone ever attended an interview at google ???? If yes please respond ..

position is Search Quality Evaluator ...........

i am expecting some kind of tips ..

thanks and regards

Hi David, where will be your job be based. I read the profile for that job and i believe its quite exciting.

maldives

Mar 6th 2007, 5:17 am

Could be a very busy job at the moment as the "search quality" is non-existent!

Ver well said! :D This must a busy job! :)

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 5:23 am

Ver well said! :D This must a busy job! :)

what do you guys mean by non existance........

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 5:31 am

most probably india mate ....

seodelhi

Mar 6th 2007, 5:32 am

most probably india mate ....

Oh good, are you in hyderabad?
Good luck in advance.

ezguy

Mar 6th 2007, 9:43 am

I was given an offer to work in google in CA but turned down the offer as my wife was in school well i regret it now :(

ezguy

Mar 6th 2007, 9:44 am

If you are a phd then you have more chances to get in easily

oseymour

Mar 6th 2007, 11:03 am

I can't help but laugh at this, seriously.
I'm sure the guy was stretching the truth and I didn't care to ask any follow up questions but I don't think any one person knows the entire algo.....its too risky.

I see google engineers all the time, including Matt Cutts and members of the webspam team at the Search Engine Strategies conferences all the time, and they are more than willing to chat.

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 7:48 pm

thanks mate

Sleepy_Sentry

Mar 6th 2007, 8:00 pm

Good luck!

One thing I here time and time again is they will work your socks off. Working at Google also has its perks, too.

If you haven't seen Google's jobs page yet, here it is:
http://www.google.com/jobs/

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 8:04 pm

thanks mate ...i had gone through their web site and collected the enough info regarding search quality evaluator and today i would be giving the exam

after the exam i will post few questions

Hobbit2

Mar 6th 2007, 8:36 pm

I heard you need perfect English to get in. My ninth grade teacher could easily get in.

david boon

Mar 6th 2007, 9:42 pm

sounds good .....i guess apart from english they also see technical knowledge orelse .....each and every body whos mother tongue is english can get into google

eternal_seo

Mar 6th 2007, 10:23 pm

Hi,

Firstly, all the best mate... Do well.

It would be interesting to know what sort of question do they ask. I've heard that they have like 2 to 3 rounds of interview in which they have seprate interview for technical, managerial and other skills. Don't know much though...

kevinn

Mar 6th 2007, 10:30 pm

Google recieved 1,000,000 applicants in 2006 and only hired 5000 of them. That means only .50% got hired and 99.5% didn't get hired.

Those are some crazy odds!

Sockmoney

Mar 6th 2007, 10:32 pm

I worked as a search quality rater, only they contracted me out through a 3rd party company... So I wasn't an actual employee of Google.

No interviews for me... just a series of tests.

Good luck with your interview(s)... I've heard they are pretty intense...!

david boon

Mar 7th 2007, 6:09 pm

finally i had given the exam ...to my surprise i found the paper to be quite easy .......

part 1

english basics

part 2

quantitative

part 3

technical questions :
1) what is 401 error?
2) which among is the google product?
3) which option best suits the functionality of orkut?
4) what is mash up?
5) hw to stop robot from indexing particular portion of the site?
6) uses of site map?
7) can robots read swf files ?\

lots more of this standard

part 4

4 sites screen shots were given and was asked to rate them .....

out of 4 the 3 sites looked like as of they were made for adsense

eternal_seo

Mar 7th 2007, 8:07 pm

That seems quite easy questions... Do u think u will get through?

david boon

Mar 7th 2007, 9:52 pm

i have answered all the questions will 100 % current answers ....

i am sure that i will clear the written test atleast

Mr Skyline

Mar 8th 2007, 9:41 am

Google doesn't employ anyone who doesn't have a degree or PHD which is crazy because if you have massive amounts of proven experience in the search industry but don't have a piece of paper to say you went to university and got drunk and had copious amounts of sexual partners (ok a stereo type of students I know) then you're not good enough for them.

Good luck with the getting the job by the way :)

david boon

Mar 9th 2007, 2:07 am

thanks mate

NathanielJ

Mar 9th 2007, 5:44 am

I can't help but laugh at this, seriously.

I can't either. Now I sleep well at night. I am sure that I am not so unlucky to have no clue about that search algorithm. See, even the guys at Google don't know it. Spectacular.:D

manish

Mar 9th 2007, 7:07 am

I'd love to work for the company -I heard nearly all people who work there are millionaires

Sounds great:) but i will try after master education.

manish

Mar 9th 2007, 7:14 am

thanks mate

David,

Please let us know if you get an appointment letter or any other technical interview (i will appreciate if you PM.. bec i want to be the part of google as well.)..I am doing my masters in comp Engg right now.

Thanks,
Manish

megablue

Mar 9th 2007, 11:41 am

Dave, good luck with the process, please keep us updated. I am curious in particular how heavy do the weigh your previous experience and places you've worked.

All the best!

Marek

baker101

Mar 9th 2007, 11:50 am

probably most math phd students from the top colleges like MIT can write their own google search, may even make it better. eventhough, there would be no way to catch up to all the content that already is in google though.

awesome job on the interview btw!

grg

Mar 9th 2007, 11:58 am

I think good search engine is not only to write an algorithm - there are many nuances which comes out during daily use ant this is where real experience and quality come from.

qwestcommunications

Mar 9th 2007, 1:58 pm

The thing is there are a lot of webmasters better at knowing the ins and outs of their search engine than some of their emplyees. I am sure gogole would love to have few of those instead of overpaying stheir emplyess on their payroll.

proxymess

Mar 9th 2007, 2:00 pm

Good luck in your interview!

david boon

Mar 9th 2007, 8:47 pm

thanks for all the well wishes guys ......Good news from my side is that i got short listed in the test and was called for the technical interview on monday

Sleepy_Sentry

Mar 10th 2007, 6:53 am

thanks for all the well wishes guys ......Good news from my side is that i got short listed in the test and was called for the technical interview on monday

Nice! Best of luck to you!

mhetre

Mar 24th 2007, 12:55 am

Congratulations David! I too was interviewed for this post.Cleared all interviews(5 interviews).
Best of luck for further process.

godmode

Mar 24th 2007, 1:25 am

Sleepy_Sentry

Mar 24th 2007, 9:14 am

there is no content in google..its just a search engine.

besides other services..like adsense etc.

By content, baker probably meant indexed pages. ;)

megdilts

Mar 24th 2007, 9:24 am

I really would love to work there too.

But for me, it's mostly because I really really want to meet User A from Google Romance (http://www.google.com/romance/tour.html),
-Michael

Gee, looks like Google is offering every service there is. Online dating now.

godmode

Mar 25th 2007, 11:44 pm

By content, baker probably meant indexed pages. ;)

well thats not their content..its owned by the websites..you can launch a search enginer and index pages..but the content still remains with the webmasters..

oceanline

Mar 26th 2007, 12:46 am

Here is a link to a site I found about google's inteview, buddy had to sign a Non Disclosure thing.....

http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/12/30/my-interview-with-google/

wez

Mar 26th 2007, 9:13 am

what city are you in? the google offices look pretty awesome.

t2000q

Mar 26th 2007, 4:40 pm

I turned down a google earth related postion because I did not move to California

Gazgolter

Mar 26th 2007, 11:10 pm

I got an invitation to the interview in Sweeden. Unfortunately i couldn't make it, too far :-)

arnayer

Mar 27th 2007, 8:32 am

Does anyone know what kind of questions they usually ask in testing interviews?

david boon

Mar 28th 2007, 2:49 am

i cleared all the rounds ..bt alas there is no response from them .....

and after the final interview they made me write an interview feed back form

does any one has idea if how long it takes google to tell the result ... positive or negative

mhetre

Mar 28th 2007, 7:40 am

They take lot of time to announce the result.They took 2 -3 weeks(roughly it could be more) to tell me about my selection.

DisneyGeek

Mar 28th 2007, 3:10 pm

Did not know they wher hiring....sorry ..have to go update my resume..bye

megablue

Mar 29th 2007, 11:57 am

sarahk ... sorry about my mistake to include a "fake sig" in my post... I am just a newbie here... no malicious intentions here, promise... Also I will never do it again...

Thanks for keeping us on straight and narrow! :)

Aragorn

Mar 29th 2007, 9:39 pm

Just wanted to tell this to you guys. Even though they pay less, Google was selected as the best employer among the 100 best employers.

Source : Wikipedia

david boon

Mar 30th 2007, 4:37 am

They take lot of time to announce the result.They took 2 -3 weeks(roughly it could be more) to tell me about my selection.

its already 3 weeks past

mhetre

Mar 30th 2007, 5:57 am

chill...whatever result it is positive or negative they will let you know....
my frnd got their call abt selection after long time ...i don't know after hw many days she got...i know its frustrating!!

gigidawg

Mar 31st 2007, 12:30 am

You never know when it's coming. My dad got an offer for a job that paid him twice what he was making at the time, and he applied for it about 9 months before. He thought the company wasn't interested, the call came out of the blue after 9 months. He took the job tho :)

gogiants

Mar 31st 2007, 1:37 am

Never stop working.
Yours then comes.

david boon

Mar 31st 2007, 9:13 am

thanks mate

jpsgdp

Mar 31st 2007, 4:56 pm

Hope you get the job.

david boon

Apr 2nd 2007, 10:38 am

hi guys .....I COULDNT MAKE INTO GOOGLE .... and this was the mail i got

Thank you so much for your interest in Google and for taking the time to
come in and interview with us. The hiring committee carefully reviewed your
experience and qualifications and determined that there is not a strong
match for a 'Search Quality Evaluator ' position at this time.

We hope that in the future a position at Google arises that will be a better
fit. We'll keep you in mind as Google continues to grow and hope you might
consider us again sometime down the road. Thanks again for considering
Google. We wish you well in your future endeavors.