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      Sales Engineer Interview

      17 Aug 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Google in Jan 2010

      Interview

      The initial contact with HR was pretty quick. HR explained the hiring process. I had to go through a couple of interviews. Each interview is planed for 45 mins. I had to request a list of people who I am going to meet. At my interview day, I have been told, the list of persons is going to change. The first interview was done with Google Talk. The second interview by a video conference. The third by physical person. Due to all the changes all interviews shrinked to 30 mins. Questions from my side have not been answered properly. The physical interview got messed up, because my interviewer was asking to join another person from Google. Both started a discussion about my profile and if I am the right candidate. Two and a half weeks later I have been asked to join another interview session with two more persons. I agreed. First I have been invited for another video conference session, afterwards the interviews have been done by phone. Again the interviews shrinked to 30 mins. In my opinion all the interviewers have not been on the same page. Initially Google has asked my to join on my expertise on topic ABC. Two of the five interviews have been asking around topics which have never been on the radar. it seems to me, the job description has been changing every minute. Besides the interviews I also have been in contact with HR. In my experience HR was not able to answer simple questions like: What is the travel or expense policy? What kind of benefits are offered in Europe? Generally speaking all the people I have meet at Google have not been willing to answer any questions. Everything around the interview process is around. Do you fit to the Google world. There is never the question, do we fit to the candidates ideas.

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      Why do you apply at Google without knowing anything about search?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      if you do a configuration on CNAME (part of the postini service) does it matter if use capital or small letters?
      3 Answers
      4

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