Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google?

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Post by gaganbiyani » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 1:55 AM UTC

lionhearted wrote: post #63

gaganbiyani wrote: post #53

I applied to Google and got rejected. Its a pretty interesting story so I thought I'd share: I applied through the traditional on-campus recruiting at UC Berkeley. Got past the first round of interviews on Berkeley's campus and then was taken to the Mountain View campus for 4 interviews and a bunch of events. That night, I got a call saying that the interviewers really liked me and recommended that I be hired. At mos…

> I applied to Google and got rejected. Consider re-applying? Maybe follow up specifically with each of the people who recommended you, asking for what you could do to bolster your chances? It sounds like you've got a real legit shot, so if you want it and you're willing to do the massive persistence thing, maybe it'd work out?

:) I no longer want to apply for a job at Google - that was 2 years ago when I was still interested in going through that route. Now I'm co-founder of a company called udemy.com and quite happy with my life as an entrepreneur.

Re: Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google?

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Post by gaganbiyani » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 1:57 AM UTC

brown9-2 wrote: post #67

gaganbiyani wrote: post #53

I applied to Google and got rejected. Its a pretty interesting story so I thought I'd share: I applied through the traditional on-campus recruiting at UC Berkeley. Got past the first round of interviews on Berkeley's campus and then was taken to the Mountain View campus for 4 interviews and a bunch of events. That night, I got a call saying that the interviewers really liked me and recommended that I be hired. At mos…

I'd suggest applying again one day in the future if you're still interested. There might be other reasons unrelated to yourself as to why the panel decided against you - a cutback in hiring quotas for the short-term, perhaps. There are a lot of anecdotes online of people getting in on the 2nd or 3rd try, I don't think anyone there views re-applying after a period of time as a bad thing - or your rejection as a perman…

See my response to the previous comment. Not to be cocky - but I think I know enough Google employees now that I probably could find a position there. However, I don't in any way want to work there right now.

Re: Poll: Have you ever applied to work at Google?

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Post by jimdesu » Tue, Feb 01, 2011, 4:45 AM UTC

Need a conjunction option: with my 3.0 & go from a state school I'd never be hired there, but conversely, until they start putting all that brainpower to work doing something besides freeloading on their search/advertising guys, I'll pass. Every time I see an announcement from them, it's yet another project masquerading as a product....