Hello World 2018 - Learn how to get that dream job at Google!

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1. Learn how to get that dream job at Google! Hello World Conference André Lago andrelago1995@gmail.com andrelago.eu
2. The beginning The Internship (2013)
3. The journey 2013 FEUP Summer 2017 Google, California October 2018 - ??? Google, Munich Summer 2016 Google, London
4. Today’s talk • Application process • Work culture • Why should you try? • Questions
5. Application Process Application
6. How to apply - careers.google.com
7. Curriculum Vitae https://www.careercup.com/resume Important tips: • One page • Be specific and concrete • Use universal metrics • Extracurricular activities (contests, projects, …) • Choose you projects wisely
8. Curriculum Vitae
9. Application Process Application CV screening
10. CV screening • About 7 seconds per CV • Over 2 million annual applications • You really need to be lucky...
11. Application Process Application CV screening Interviews
12. Interviews • 2 interviews, 45 min. each • Code using Google Docs • Language of choice: Java, C++, Python (if you have a death wish) • Problem solving exercises, algorithms, … • Always in English • Ice-breaking and cooldown
13. Interviews
14. Interviews Sample exercises: • Write a method that given a vector and a split index reverses the order of the elements in each of the sections separated by the index. (ex. [1, 2, 3, 4], split=2 [2, 1, 4, 3]) • Write a method that given a natural number returns a string that represents the simplified mathematical representation of that number’s reverse. (ex. number=6, since ⅙ = 0.1666… “0.1(6)”
15. Interviews - practice, practice, practice http://train.usaco.org
16. Interviews - know your data structures http://bigocheatsheet.com/
17. Interviews - know your algorithms http://bigocheatsheet.com/
18. Interviews - play it cool!
19. Cracking the Coding Interview
20. Application Process Application CV screening Interviews Host matching
21. Application Process Application CV screening Interviews Host matching
22. Application Process Application CV screening Interviews Host matching Referral
23. The internship
24. The internship
25. The culture
26. What now?
27. What now?
28. Thank you! André Lago andrelago.eu andrelago1995@gmail.com
29. Thank you! Application CV screening Interviews Host matching Referral André Lago andrelago.eu andrelago1995@gmail.com