What will you do to get a job in Google ?

Recently I saw few pics of Google Offices and their work culture. I stunned and was thinking whether these guys are working there or not. So much comfort and so much luxury. I do not think that any company provide such kind of environment to any one.

To get the job at there I am ready to quit everything ... everything means everything.

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Be exceptional. If you want to get fast-tracked then make a google-killer and they will possibly buy you out and hire you. Or go the long route and apply for the positions...

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It's not really hard to get hired by google but you should be a genius in order to get a job there.....

Being in google a dream job to many people but recently they've started to cut these crazy things they were used too. In fact many googlers have gone from google because of that.

I read somewhere that they were picking up some of the folks who were working on Creative  Commons Open Source software projects (forgive me if I have the name wrong). They quietly observed what people could do programming-wise before they contacted them and without the need to decide what was personal salesmanship vs actual skills.

They do have a number of regional data centers (in the US at least) and it might be easier to get "in" through one of those locations.

It does worry me from your post that you are seeing only the fringe benefits to be gained from working there and not the possible long hours and hard work it takes to earn those goodies. I would also recommend you work more on your English/writing skills.

Keep in mind also, that Google is not the only company (computing or otherwise) that has a reputation for taking really good care of their employees. SAS is also known for having quite a nice package of perks but it is probably as hard or even harder to get in there. There are many others. Do a search for "best places to work" and you should find yearly reviews that some magazine (sorry can't remember which one) does on American companies.

You might not have to be a genius to get hired by a company like that but you certainly have to be exceptional. The mediocre need not apply.

From my own personal experience, these companies often hire from within, through employee referrals or by invitation only. When I was interviewed by Microsoft in Redmond, they had found my resume and invited me to apply - I had never applied to them directly. They saw my resume on Monster, Dice or one of those large job boards and saw something they liked. I thought the first email was some sort of joke. I still can't believe they flew me out to headquarters for 5 days! (There was a weekend in the middle where I could apartment hunt and be Joe Tourist.)

In the end, I believe it was for the best that I didn't get the job but it certainly was an honor to be considered and actually invited to apply.

Keep your eyes open and work hard at building your skill set and you never know; one day you may be enjoying those perks rather than just dreaming about them.

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Had the same experience as YMC, it was also a fortune 500 company popular for it's japanese appliances. They currently delved in to mobile phones and gaming. *hint psp. Anyways, can't mention directly their company for some waiver I signed.

I got hired and turned it down, the amazing thing was I didn't apply for it, some upper department learned about me online, I thought it was a joke too at first. Then they have flown an hr guy to hunt for their new talent pool earlier which the upper level guy called to go to my area to interview me. It was casual , earlier that month he was hunting here for their new talents and he got a wind of my name from several people, but he ignored it. Not until the upper level guy called him up and got a wind again of my name. After the interview he asked me to e-mail him my portfolio, which I said was already up online. The next day he called me up to gather my things and prepare to work the next three days.

The good thing to learn here is that, you should hone your skills and study a lot of new things to improve yourself, and one of these days someone will stumble upon you if they need you. But don't just wait there, once you are confident with your skills, you can try and apply for positions you feel you are going to be good at...

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@designer and YMC,

why do you think that it is a joke if some company contact you directly? Look (I guess) 99.9% of all people are invisible on the internet

Both of you have a profession and it's more than normal that companies contact you. I spoke to some people from Google in May and yes it's a great company but those people are the same like you and me. Sure they have to do a great job and some of them have great skills (like in other companies)

Personally I don't like to work in mega companies because it's less personal...

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Well it's more of feeling pranked than feeling it's a joke, with the same type of mails from spammers, good thing I always check the full headers... So it felt like a joke until I knew it was legit... On a personal note, I would cherish working on a big company for the experience, but getting tied to a desk job turns me off...

I guess I thought it was a joke because the initial email didn't actually have a company address. They apparently use a recruiting firm that is more well-known for placing clerical staff than computing professionals. Whenever a recruiting firm contacts me about some "great job" I have come to learn the vast majority of the time it just means that there's a new recruiter simply building their list and no actual job available. I almost wrote it off as being just another come on for a resume service (as in we can help you apply to this big company) or seminar.

I guess it's a matter of one of those dream jobs literally falling in your lap that's shocking; not that Designer and I didn't feel worthy of the job. In my case, I know of no one that I've met or worked with who was on the inside to recommend me, so it was completely unexpected.

Through the years since, when I've met other computing pros and told them of my experience it seems to have more prestige than my graduate degree - lot's of folks have one of those, not so many can claim they've been to the Redmond campus. Seems sorta silly but it is what I've experienced. Designer, have you found the same to be true for you?

Yeah, I saw a spread in TIME magazine a couple of years back about the Google work atmosphere...they really cater to the needs of the young office worker. Very  cool and I think provides for a very productive atmosphere.

You are absolutely right, anyone could amazed like you after getting familiar with that fact. But remember it's really great to have job on google.

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Instead, you could just work tech support at Google .

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Designer, have you found the same to be true for you?

Yes, absolutely. What made them look at me was my portfolio not mostly on my actual site but those that I made for private firms that made it matter... So it's pretty surprising for me too..

Boy I am ready to do anything to get job at there. But I am sure they want to hire best one in their team. Now I will have to judge myself whether I am good enough or not. So I am going to participate in contest of my skills.

First of all I would like to build my skill as the sharpest one so that I can be recognised easily. I have heard that many people got the job because of their skill and some recognition. Google pick them upi and hire.

Let me try my luck also.

No doubt that Google is most respected company of today era and they provide rich facilities to their employees ... just have a look at Photos of Google Offices but however I think I am much happy by working for myself with every freedom and every luxury what I have.

This way I will be able to build and grow my entrepreneur skill as well.

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