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My interview with Google is tomorrow, any advice?

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Eat breakfast and be calm and collected. Don't stress. Check out Steve Yegge's blog post about interviews if you haven't already: http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/get-that-job-at-g...

Steve is a genius... thanks for this, it helped me at many levels.

Re: My interview with Google is tomorrow, any advice?

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Regardless of how talented you are, the coding interview is flawed. That is, even if you are great, if you mess up an interview you likely won't get the job. This isn't to discourage though, just know that if you don't get in it DOES NOT mean that you aren't talented. It means you had a bad day and you should try again soon.

Re: My interview with Google is tomorrow, any advice?

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Don't worry about it. Hard advice I know, but google is just as desperate as everyone else for quality candidates. Get some sleep, drink some coffee before your interview, and just talk through the problems as you get to them. If this is your first interview it's likely a phone interview. They usually last about an hour, and they just want to make sure you can think through a problem. Also, regardless of whether it w…

I really appreciate your words! I'll do my best. They ask me to use hangout for the interview. So I'll let you know...

Hey there! How was your interview?

Re: My interview with Google is tomorrow, any advice?

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I really appreciate your words! I'll do my best. They ask me to use hangout for the interview. So I'll let you know...

Hey there! How was your interview?

Thanks for asking.

It was ok, but I made a couple of silly mistakes about CSS questions.

I'm a little worried about the outcome.

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