The Google Resume How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple Microsoft Google or any Top Tech Company 1 pdf

... companies are much more alike than they are different. Software companies are CH0 01. indd 2CH0 01. indd 2 1/ 6 /11 6:48:54 AM1/6 /11 6:48:54 AM How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, ... connections to land one dream job after another. And that, my dear readers, is how you get a job at the world’s greatest tech compani...

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... the company is hiring. They get to “vet” you a bit, and you get to evaluate them and their company. These informational interviews are very common across tech companies, both for external applicants ... expect. Start a club or organization. You don’t want to form clubs just for the sake of forming a club, but if there’s a genuine gap in your area, you ma...

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... salivate. References “One time I called a candidate’s reference and she said that the candidate had been fi red for theft a fact the candidate had not revealed to me,” recounted Matthew, a ... weather buoy data and generate XML for Fusion Chart to visualize data. ■ ■ 4. These descriptions are very vague—I can’t get a good handle on what exactly he did. What was...

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... Rejection For each offer a company gives out, a company rejects an average of 5 to 10 candidates. That means that, as a candidate, you can expect to get rejected a lot. It may mean that the position ... candidates hate getting rejected. Moreover, enthusiastic candidates are more likely to work hard at a job and stay at the company. Companies look for ent...

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... position has been great in certain ways. It’s taught me a lot about communication, negotiations, and how to manage many clients at CH008.indd 14 1CH008.indd 14 1 1/ 6 /11 6:54 :13 AM1/6 /11 6:54 :13 AM 16 0 ... in my head. Can I ask for a calculator, or is there anything else I can do? ~W. P. Dear W. P, You probably can’t ask for a calculator, but there are ways th...

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... write a method to transform one word into another word CH009.indd 18 3CH009.indd 18 3 1/ 6 /11 6:59:48 AM1/6 /11 6:59:48 AM 19 0 Chapter 10 Getting into Gaming I got off the elevator onto PopCap Games’ ... explained. ■ ■ CH 010 .indd 19 3CH 010 .indd 19 3 1/ 6 /11 6: 51: 41 AM1/6 /11 6: 51: 41 AM 16 6 The Google Résumé You can fi nd thousands of coding interview questio...

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... rigid because it’s so visible. When companies state exactly how many vacation days are awarded for each year at the company, it’s diffi cult to bend the policy, even for exceptional candidates. Some ... reason, a passion and drive for gaming and for the specifi c company is critical. You need to be willing to commit that time. CH 010 .indd 200CH 010 .indd 200...

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... 2 years 1 year 1- 2 years 2+ years What: Software engineer at major company Software engineer at start-up Program manager/director at (hopefully) same start-up MBA at top- tier school What I ... the company. What’s the point of sticking around if there are no additional rewards for you? CH 012 .indd 241CH 012 .indd 2 41 1/6 /11 6:52:34 AM1/6 /11 6:52:34 AM 242 The...

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... weather buoy data and generate XML for Fusion Chart to visualize data. ■ ■ 4. These descriptions are very vague—I can’t get a good handle on what exactly he did. What was the goal? What ... extracts metadata from saved video transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database. Redesigned video fi le format and implemented backwards compatibility for...

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... average of 5 to 10 candidates. That means that, as a candidate, you can expect to get rejected a lot. It may mean that the position was a poor CH007.indd 13 1CH007.indd 13 1 1/ 6 /11 6:59:04 AM1/6 /11 ... Résumé match, it may mean that you didn’t prepare adequately, or it may mean that you just had bad luck. In the unfortunate case that a company does not extend yo...

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