Get the Job at Google: Craft a Great Résumé, Network Effectively & Ace the Interviews
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It's a fact-- Google receives a resume every 25 seconds and uses an algorithm to screen more than one-million applicants per year. How can you stand out in this sea of talented candidates? We've developed this step-by-step guide to show you how to:
-Craft a résumé that highlights your "Google-y" qualities and abilities.
-Optimize your responses to Google's Online Job Applicant Survey.
-Leverage your experience and entrepreneurial skills to compensate for a less-than-straight-A GPA.
-Understand why and how the Google Culture and flat management structure plays a role in the company's hiring practices.
-Better prepare yourself for the series of required phone & face to face interviews.
Information is power. "Getting the Job At Google" will help you navigate Google's legendary recruitment process and maximize your opportunity to interview with the "Masters Of The Online Universe."
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Get the Job at Google - Olfina L.L.C.
GET THE JOB AT GOOGLE
The Easy Guides to Great Jobs
By Ninfa Chavez & Olivier Buigues
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About the authors
Ninfa Chavez: With 10 years’ experience as a professional recruiter for leading corporations and staffing agencies, Ninfa offers a fresh perspective for those on both sides of the interview process. Having placed hundreds of candidates, her expertise spans a range of industries including technology, pharmaceutical, banking, medical and allied health. Upon graduating Florida Southern with an honors degree in psychology, Ninfa believed professional recruitment was the most positive way she could apply her background in psychology.
Currently a professional recruiter for Miami Children's Hospital, Ninfa previously served in the role of Recruitment Manager for Norwegian Cruise Line where she managed, coached and developed a team of 17 field recruiters. Her recruitment background includes the corporate environments of Bank of America and Invivo (a subsidiary of Philips), and leading staffing agencies, Kforce and Smith Hanley Consulting Group. Passionate about recruiting, Ninfa volunteers her time to help job candidates prepare their resumes. In her down time, she plays the violin, surfs, paints and enjoys playing with her two little dogs, Keshi and Matisse.
Olivier Buigues: Throughout his career, Olivier has been interviewed by many multinationals across the globe. He worked in finance in London (UBS Asset Management) in consulting in Madrid (Frontier Management Consultants) and in hospitality in Club Med. He later specialized in marketing and worked his way up the hierarchy in Sony Europe, Sony Latin America and Sony America. After returning to Europe as Marketing Director at the headquarters of Philips in Amsterdam, Olivier opened a Telecommunication Business in France, his home country. He now regularly conducts interviews for his company. Olivier Buigues holds a B.A. in Economics from the ULB and a Master’s degree in Management from ESCP-Europe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A Brief History Of Google – A Bedtime Story For Geeks.
Google’s Flat Management Structure
THE GOOGLE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
What Google Wants In A Job Candidate
The Competition – A Résumé Every 25 Seconds
Your Google Dossier
Job Survey Overview
Is Your Résumé/CV Google-y?
The Google Phone Interview – Screening For False Positives
The On-Site Interview
On-Site Assessment Tests
Get Hired At Google
Resources
INTRODUCTION
Your Future – Is There An App For That?
Everybody has heard of the incredible perks offered by Google. The media regularly covers the Googleplex and its free organic food, massages, pools… But the truth is that working at Google means helping people connect, communicate, and access information which can change the world.
That’s why getting a job at Google is much more than simply