7 steps of Google's interview process (and how to ace them)

There are four general responses that you may receive from Google's hiring committee: You're hired! Now you just wait to receive your offer ... 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We’reheretohelp.Weworkwith50+ex-Googleinterviewersonourplatform,whohavehelpedthousandsofcandidatesnavigatetheGoogleinterviewprocess. Here’swhatyouneedtoknow:Google’sinterviewprocesstakesaroundonetotwomonths,andtherearesevensteps:resumescreen,recruitercall,phonescreen(s),onsiteinterviews,hiringcommittee,teammatching,andsalarynegotiation.Thestepsthatwillrequirethemostpreparationarethephonescreensandonsiteinterviews. Intherestofthisarticle,we’lldivedeepintoeachstepandhowyoucanprepareforit,includingexamplequestionsfromrealGoogleinterviews. Let’sgetstarted. Step1:Resumescreen Step2:Recruitercall Step3:Phonescreen(s) Step4:Onsiteinterviews  Step5:Hiringcommittee Step6:Teammatch Step7:Salarynegotiation Step1:Resumescreen ThefirststepofGoogle’sinterviewprocessistheresumescreen.Here,afteryou’vesubmittedyourapplicationthroughGoogle’sjobsportal,orbeencontacteddirectlyviaemailorLinkedIn,recruiterswillevaluateyourresumetoseeifyourexperiencealignswiththeopenposition. Note:Googledoesnotrequirecoverlettersandadmitsthatthey“mayormaynotbeconsidered.”So,unlessyouhaveahighlyuntraditionalprofilethatneedstobeexplained,werecommendfocusingonyourresume. Thankfully,Googlehasalreadylaidouttheirownlistoftipsonhowtocraftagreatresume.Werecommendyoufollowthem.Herearethetips: Google’stipsoncraftingaresume: Studythejobdescription:“Alignyourskillsandexperiencewiththejobdescription.Tieyourworkdirectlytotherolequalifications(anddon’tforgettoincludedata).” Bespecific:“Bespecificaboutprojectsyou’veworkedonormanaged.Whatwastheoutcome?Howdidyoumeasuresuccess?Whenindoubt,leanontheformula,“accomplished[X]asmeasuredby[Y],bydoing[Z].” Emphasizeleadership:“Ifyou'vehadaleadershiprole,tellusaboutit.Howbigwastheteam?Whatwasthescopeofyourwork?” Includecourseworkonlyifyou’rearecentgraduate:“Ifyou'rearecentuniversitygraduateorhavelimitedworkexperience,includeschool-relatedprojectsorcourseworkthatdemonstraterelevantskillsandknowledge.” Keepittoonepage:“Wedon’thavealengthrequirement,butconcisionandprecisionarekey—sothinktwicebeforelettingyourresumemoveontomultiplepages,andtakecarefulaimwithyourinformation.” Formorein-depthinformationonhowtotailoryourresumetospecificroles,takealookatoneofourcomprehensiveresumeguides: Howtowriteaproductmanagerresume (includinganexamplefromasuccessfulGooglecandidate) HowtowriteaTPM/PgMresume (includinganexamplefromasuccessfulGooglecandidate) Howtowriteanengineeringmanagerresume Don’tforgettohaveafriendorfamilymemberproofreadyourresumebeforefinalizingit.They’llbeabletospotgrammarandformattingerrors.Forexperthelponwhetherornotyourresumeisbestsuitedfortheposition,you’llneedtogetinputfromex-Googleinterviewers. Step2:Recruitercall Afteryourresumehasbeenapproved,arecruiterwillgetincontactwithyoutoscheduleacall.Thisgenerallylasts20-30minutes. Duringthecall,therecruiterwillhaveanon-technicalchatwithyouaboutyourbackgroundandwhyyouareinterestedinthejob.Youshouldhaveanswerspreparedforquestionslike,“Tellmeaboutyourself,”“WhyGoogle?”,and“Walkmethroughyourresume.” Therecruiterwillalsodiscusswithyouhowtheoverallinterviewprocesswillwork.Ifyouhaveanyspecificquestions(e.g.timeline,location,clarificationaboutthejobdescription),nowisthetimetoask.  Therecruiterwillbeyourpointpersonfortherestoftheinterviews,andthebestsuitedtoansweryourquestionsabouttheprocess.Soit’simportanttokeeplinesofcommunicationwiththemopen. Ifallgoeswell,therecruiterwillgetbackintouchwithyoutoscheduleyourfirstinterviews:thephonescreens. Step3:Phonescreen(s) Dependingontherole,youwilleitherhaveoneortwophonescreenswithyourhiringmanager,orafuturepeeroftheteamyou’reapplyingtojoin. Thesewilltypicallylastbetween45and60minuteseach,overGoogleMeet.Inthemajorityofcases,thiswillbeavideocall,butinsomecasestheinterviewermaychoosetokeeptheircameraturnedoff. We’veresearchedtheinterviewprocessandquestionsforsixGoogleroles,sowe’llgiveyouanideaofwhattoexpectbyrole.Ifyou’relookingforexactexamplequestionstoworkwith,we’llgettothatinStep4. WhattoexpectinGooglephonescreens(byrole): Productmanagers:you’llbeaskedaboutyourbackground,followedbyamixofproductdesign,estimation,andstrategyquestions. Softwareengineers:you’llshareaGoogleDocoracollaborativecodingplatformwithyourinterviewerandanswerdatastructureandalgorithmquestions,aswellasafewbehavioralquestions. Engineeringmanagers:you’llhaveasimilarcodingroundasthesoftwareengineers,withhigher-levelcodingquestionsandbehavioralquestionsaroundpeopleandprojectmanagement. Datascientists:you’llbeaskedafewgeneralbackgroundquestions,aswellasSQL,coding,andstatisticsquestions,showingyourworkonaGoogleDocorcodingplatform. Technicalprogrammanagers:you’llbeaskedamixofprogrammanagement,technical,andleadershipquestions. Accountmanagers:you’llbeaskedprimarilybehavioralandbackgroundquestionsthattestyourclientserviceskills. Ultimately,ifyou’repreparedforthetypesofin-depthquestionsyou’llreceiveattheonsitestage,thenyou’llbepreparedfortheinitialphonescreens.Solet’sdiveintotheonsiteportion,includingtheexactinterviewquestionsthathavebeenreportedbypastcandidates. Step4:Onsiteinterviews ThelongestandmostdauntingstepoftheGoogleinterviewprocessistheonsiteinterviewloop.ThismaytakeplaceinGoogle’sphysicaloffices,orviavideocall. Here,youwillfaceuptosixback-to-backinterviewroundsthatlastaround45minuteseach.Ifyouarephysicallyonsite,oneofthesewilltaketheformofaninformallunchinterviewwithafuturepeeroftheteamyou’reapplyingtojoin. Aswementionedbefore,wehavecreatedin-depthguidestotheinterviewsfortopGoogleroles.Below,we’llgiveyouabreakdownofrealinterviewquestionsaskedatGoogleforeachoftheseroles,accordingtodatafromGlassdoor.  Usethesequestionstoprepareyourselffortheonsiteinterviewloopoftheroleyou’reapplyingfor. 4.1Googleproductmanageronsiteinterviewquestions GooglePMsmusttakeonarangeoftasks,includingdesigningproductfeatures,improvingexistingones,andsettingproductvision,allwhileworkingwithadiverserangeofstakeholders. Totestthesecapabilities,interviewersaskquestionsliketheonesbelow.FormoreinterviewquestionsandresourcesonhowtopreparefortheGoogleproductmanagerinterview,takealookatourguidetoGooglePMinterviews,orourguidetoGoogleAPMinterviews. Googleproductmanagerinterviewquestions Productdesign What'saproductyoulove/hateandwhy?Howwouldyouimproveit? Howwouldyouimprove[Chrome/GMap/Android/etc]? Howwouldyouimprove[Dropbox/Netflix/Facebook/etc]? Strategy HowwouldyousolvehomelessnessindowntownSanFrancisco? WhydoesStarbuckssometimeshavecoffeeshopsonbothsidesoftheroad? Googlehasinventedatechnologythatmakesairtravel4xcheaperand4xfaster.Whatdoyoudowithit? Estimation HowmuchmoneyisspentongasintheUSeveryyear? Whatisthemarketsizefordriverlesscarsin2025? HowmuchstoragespaceisrequiredforalltheimagesinGoogleStreetview? Behavioral WhyGoogle? WhythisPMposition? Tellmeaboutatimeyoudemonstratedleadership/solvedadifficultteamconflict/crackedatoughproblem/etc. What'sagoodPM?AbadPM? Technical Explaintheconceptof"protocol"toafour-year-oldchildusingan"icecreamstore"asananalogy. Explaintheconceptof"recursion"tomygrandma. Describeatypicalpageloadtimedistributionondesktop?Whataboutonmobile? Dataanalysis HowwouldyoumeasurethesuccessofApple'sWWDCevent? WhatarethingsNetflixshouldmeasureandanalyzeonadailybasis?  YouTubetrafficwentdown5%yesterday.HowwouldyoureportthisissuetoLarryPage? YouarethePMforYouTubeanalytics.Whatareyourthreemostimportantmetrics? 4.2Googlesoftwareengineeronsiteinterviewquestions Googlesoftwareengineerssolvesomeofthecompany’smostdifficultproblemsthroughcode,whileworkingcloselywithcross-functionalteams.Takealookatthequestionsbelowtopracticehowyouwilldemonstratetheseskillsinaninterview. Forevenmorequestions,anoverviewoftheprocess,andastep-by-steppreparationplanforGooglesoftwareengineerinterviews,takealookatourGooglesoftwareengineerinterviewguide,orourguidesforGooglemachinelearningengineers anddataengineers. Googlesoftwareengineerinterviewquestions: Datastructures&algorithms Givenabinarytree,findthemaximumpathsum.Thepathmaystartandendatanynodeinthetree.(Solution) Givenanencodedstring,returnitsdecodedstring.(Solution) ImplementaSnapshotArraythatsupportspre-definedinterfaces(note:seelinkformoredetails).(Solution) GivenastringSandastringT,findtheminimumwindowinSwhichwillcontainallthecharactersinTincomplexityO(n).(Solution) Givenamatrixandatarget,returnthenumberofnon-emptysubmatricesthatsumtotarget.(Solution) Givenarowsxcolsbinarymatrixfilledwith0'sand1's,findthelargestrectanglecontainingonly1'sandreturnitsarea.(Solution) Astrobogrammaticnumberisanumberthatlooksthesamewhenrotated180degrees(lookedatupsidedown).Findallstrobogrammaticnumbersthatareoflength=n.(Solution) Agroupoftwoormorepeoplewantstomeetandminimizethetotaltraveldistance.Youaregivena2Dgridofvalues0or1,whereeach1marksthehomeofsomeoneinthegroup.ThedistanceiscalculatedusingManhattanDistance,wheredistance(p1,p2)=|p2.x-p1.x|+|p2.y-p1.y|.(Solution) Systemdesign HowwouldyoudesignGoogle'sdatabaseforwebindexing? HowwouldyoudesignGoogleDocs? HowwouldyoudesignGoogleHome(voiceassistant)? HowwouldyoudesignAmazon'sbookspreview? Howwouldyoudesignasocialnetwork? Howwouldyoudesignataskschedulingsystem? Leadership Tellmeaboutyourself. WhyGoogle? Tellmeaboutarecent/interestingprojectyouworkedon. Tellmeaboutatimeyouhadtohandleaprojectthatwaslate. Tellmeaboutatimeyoudemonstratedleadershipeventhoughyouweren'ttheformalmanager. Tellmeaboutatimeyouuseddatatomakeacriticaldecision. 4.3Googleengineeringmanageronsiteinterviewquestions EngineeringmanagersatGooglemusthavesimilartechnicalskillsasthosetestedinsoftwareengineerinterviews,withanemphasisonsoftskillslikepeopleandprojectmanagement.Thisisbecausethey’removingfrommanagingindividualfeaturestomanagingprojectsandteams. ThequestionsbelowwerereportedbyrealGoogleengineeringmanagercandidates.Usethemtopracticeyouranswers.ForacomprehensiveguidetoGoogleengineeringmanagerinterviews,takealookatourGoogleEMinterviewguide. Googleengineeringmanagerinterviewquestions Behavioral Tellmeaboutyourself. WhyGoogle? Howdoyoudealwithlowperformers? Howdoyouhandleconflicts? Howdoyouhandlepeoplewhoarenotteamplayers? Howdoyoudealwithhighperformers?  Asamanager,howdoyouhandletrade-offs? Describehowyoudealwithchangemanagement. Describeindetailaprojectthatfailed. Systemdesign HowwouldyoudesignGoogleDocs? HowwouldyoudesignGoogleHome(voiceassistant)? Howwouldyoudesignaticketingplatform? Designaninmemorycacheforwebpages. Designabogglesolver. Coding Giventwowords(beginWordandendWord),andadictionary'swordlist,findthelengthofshortesttransformationsequencefrombeginWordtoendWord,suchthat:1)Onlyonelettercanbechangedatatimeand,2)Eachtransformedwordmustexistinthewordlist.(Solution) Givenalistofquerywords,returnthenumberofwordsthatarestretchy.Note:seelinkformoredetails.(Solution) Yourcarstartsatposition0andspeed+1onaninfinitenumberline.(Yourcarcangointonegativepositions.)YourcardrivesautomaticallyaccordingtoasequenceofinstructionsA(accelerate)andR(reverse)...Nowforsometargetposition,saythelengthoftheshortestsequenceofinstructionstogetthere.(Solution) Giventherootnodeofabinarysearchtree,returnthesumofvaluesofallnodeswithvaluebetweenLandR(inclusive).Thebinarysearchtreeisguaranteedtohaveuniquevalues.(Solution) Youaregiventwonon-emptylinkedlistsrepresentingtwonon-negativeintegers.Thedigitsarestoredinreverseorderandeachoftheirnodescontainasingledigit.Addthetwonumbersandreturnitasalinkedlist.(Solution) 4.4Googledatascientistonsiteinterviewquestions DatascientistsatGooglemustbeabletoderiveusefulinsightsfromlargeandcomplexdatasets.TheyuseandmanipulatethatdatausingSQL,whileworkingcloselywithcross-functionalteams. Interviewersaskquestionsliketheonesbelowtotestcandidatesontheseskills.FormorequestionsaswellasastepbystepplantoprepareforGoogledatascientistinterviews,takealookatourGoogledatascientistinterviewguide.  Googledatascientistonsiteinterviewquestions: Statistics Inwhatsituationwouldyouconsidermeanovermedian? Forsamplesizen,themarginoferroris3.Howmanymoresamplesdoweneedtomakethemarginoferror0.3? Ihaveadeckandtakeonecardatrandom.Whatistheprobabilityyouguessitright? Explainaprobabilitydistributionthatisnotnormalandhowtoapplythat. GivenuniformdistributionsXandYandthemean0andstandarddeviation1. Machinelearning Ifthelabelsareknowninaclusteringproject,howwouldyouevaluatetheperformanceofthemodel? Whyusefeatureselection?(Solution) Iftwopredictorsarehighlycorrelated,whatistheeffectonthecoefficientsinthelogisticregression?Whataretheconfidenceintervalsofthecoefficients? Coding/SQL WriteafunctiontogenerateNsamplefromanormaldistributionandplotthehistogram.(Solution) WritecodetogenerateiiddrawsfromdistributionXwhenweonlyhaveaccesstoarandomnumbergenerator. Whataresomewaystoeffectivelyreducethedimensionalityofadataset?(Solution) Howdoyouinvertabinarytree?(Solution) Howwouldyoufindthetop5highest-sellingitemsfromalistoforderhistories? CanyouexplainhowSQLworks? Giventhreecolumnsofdata,howwouldyoucomparethefirstthreetothelastthree? Behavioral WhyGoogle? Howdoyousortyourprioritieswhenengagedinmultitasking? Describeapastprojectyouworkedon. Inwhatdirectiondoyouseeyourcareermoving? Doyoupreferworkinginsmallorlargeteams? Howdoyoupushbackwhendisagreeingwithamanager? Productsense Youhaveagoogleappandyoumakeachange.Howdoyoutestifametrichasincreasedornot?(Solution) HowdoyoudetectvirusesorinappropriatecontentonYouTube? Howwouldyoucompareifupgradingtheandroidsystemproducesmoresearches? Theoutcomeofanexperimentisthat5%ofonegroupclicksmore.Isthatagoodresult? 4.5Googletechnicalprogrammanageronsiteinterviewquestions GoogleTPMsdesignandexecuteprogramsfromend-to-end,whileengaginginhighlytechnicaldiscussionswithengineersandotherteams.Theymustbeabletoinfluenceotherswithoutdirectauthorityinordertodriveprogramsthrough. Practicedemonstratingtheskillsaboveusingthequestionsbelow,fromrealGoogletechnicalprogrammanagerinterviews.FormoreinformationaboutGoogleTPMinterviews,takealookatourGoogletechnicalprogrammanagerinterviewguide,orourGoogleprogrammanagerinterviewguide. Googletechnicalprogrammanagerinterviewquestions: Programmanagement Tellmeaboutatimeyouhadtomanageatechnicalprogramfromend-to-end. HowwouldyoumanagehypotheticalprojectXYZ(e.g.replacediscsinadatacenter)? Howdoyouprioritizeyourwork? Whatisacriticalpathinprojectmanagement? What'syourprocesstokickoffprograms? Howdoyouhandleadditionalrequirementsinthemiddleofaproject? Howdoyoumanagerisksonprojects? Howdoyouchoosetobuildinhousevs.touseathirdpartysolution? Technical DesignaserverinfrastructureforGMail. Designaglobalsystemtoupgradesoftwareonafleetofmachines. WhathappenswhenyouenteraURLinyourbrowser? Howdoesthecloudwork? WhatistheEthernet? Writeaprogramtoselecttwonumberswhichsumislowerthanatargetnumber. Writeaprogramtoreverseastring(nobuilt-infunctionscanbeused). Leadership Tellmeaboutyourself. WhyGoogle? Tellmeaboutatimeyouworkedwithadifficultengineer/executive/stakeholder/client. Tellmeaboutatimeyoufailed. TellmeaboutthebiggestchallengeyoufacedasaTPM/inyourcurrentrole. Tellmeaboutatimeyoufacedatechnicalandpeoplechallengeatthesametime. Tellmeaboutatimeyouhadtoworkwitha"superstar"andhowyoudealtwiththem. 4.6Googleaccountmanageronsiteinterviewquestions AccountmanagersatGoogleserveclientswhouseGoogle’sproductsbyidentifyingnewopportunitiesforthemtogrow,helpingthemimplementGoogle’sproducts,solvingtheirproblems,analyzingdata,andmore. Practicedemonstratingyourabilitytodothesethingsusingthequestionsbelow.FormoreinformationaboutGoogleaccountmanagerandtechnicalaccountmanagerinterviews,takealookatourcompleteguideonthesubject.  Googleaccountmanagerinterviewquestions: Clientservice AlocalicecreamshopwantsyoutorunaGoogleAdWordscampaign.Howcanyouhelpthemreachtheiraudience? Yourclientthatrunsaburgershophascometoyouforhelp,sayingtheirsaleshavedroppedsinceaMcDonald'sopenedintheneighborhood.Whatisyoustrategy? Explainabusinessplanyouwouldproposetoafriendlookingtostartabakeryinthe[nearbycity]area. Tellmeaboutatimethatyouuseddatatoconvinceyourclientofsomething. Givemeanexamplewhereyouhadtomanagealargeamountofdata. Behavioral  WhyGoogle? Whatisyourgreatestweakness? Whatareyourbiggestachievementsinyourpastwork?  Tellmeaboutyourself. HowisyourcurrentroleapplicabletothisroleatGoogle? Leadership  HowdoyoumanageconflictsbetweenyourworkandthatofanAccountExecutive? IfyouhadcoffeewithSundarPichaiwhatwouldyoutalktohimabout? Howwouldyoudealwithacoworkerwhoyounoticeisisolatingthemselvesfromthelargergroup? Tellmeaboutatimeyoufacedachallengeandhowyousolvedit. Tellmeaboutatimeyouimprovedaprocessatoneofyourpreviousworkplaces. Product/strategy You'reinchargeoftheteamthatjustacquiredWaze.Whatdoyoudonext? WhatisyourfavoriteGoogleProductandhowareyougoingtoimproveit? HowdoyouintendtosellGoogleProducts? Whatkindofapp/startupwouldyoubuildrightnowgiventhestateoftheecosystem? Technical(technicalaccountmanagersonly) Anewcustomerwouldliketomigrateanexistingecommerceapptothecloud,howwouldyouguidethem? HowwouldyourecreateNetflixusingGoogleCloudPlatform? Whatdatastructurewouldyouusetorepresentascenariowhereapersonhasfriendsandeachfriendhasfriends? Step5:Hiringcommittee Aftertheonsiterounds,yourinterviewersgradeyourperformanceusingastandardizedfeedbackform.Itcontainsyourresponsestoeachofthequestions,theirfeedbackonyourresponses,andtheirfinalrecommendation(e.g."Strongnohire,""Nohire,""Leaningnohire,""Leaninghire,""Hire,""Stronghire"). Thefeedbackformsfromeachofyouronsiteinterviewersarecombinedinapacket,whichincludesyourresumeandfeedbackfromtheinitialphonescreens,anditissenttoathirdpartyhiringcommitteeforreview.  Yourrecruiterwillnotifyyouwhenyourapplicationhasprogressedtothisstage—allyouhavetodoiswait. Thehiringcommitteeismadeupofagroupofthird-partyGooglerswhowerenotpresentduringyourinterviews.Googleusesthiscommitteetomakethehiringdecision,ratherthanyourinterviewers,inordertoremovebiasfromtheinterviewprocess.  Overall,you’llbeassessedonthefourmainattributesGooglelooksforwhenhiring: Role-relatedknowledgeandexperience(RRK).Thecompanywantstomakesurethatyouhavetherightexperience,domainexpertise,andcompetenciesforthepositionyou'reapplyingfor.Moreinformationinthisguide. Generalcognitiveability(GCA).Thecompanywantstohiresmartemployeeswhocanlearnandadapttonewsituations.Hereyourinterviewerwilltrytounderstandhowyousolvehardproblemsandhowyoulearn.Moreinformationinthisguide. Leadership.Googlelooksforaparticulartypeofleadershipcalled“emergentleadership.”You'lltypicallybeworkingincross-functionalteamsatGoogle,anddifferentteammembersareexpectedtostepupandleadatdifferenttimesinthelifecycleofaprojectwhentheirskillsareneeded.  Googleyness(i.e.culturefit).ThecompanywantstomakesureGoogleistherightenvironmentforyou.Yourinterviewerwillcheckwhetheryounaturallyexhibitthecompany'svalues,including:beingcomfortablewithambiguity,havingabiastoaction,andacollaborativenature. Yourrecruiterwillnotifyyouwhenthehiringcommitteehasmadeadecision.Thistypicallytakesonetotwoweeksaftertheonsiteinterviewrounds.Beyondthattime,ifyouhavenotreceivedananswer,sendapolitecheck-intoyourrecruitertogetmoreinformation. TherearefourgeneralresponsesthatyoumayreceivefromGoogle’shiringcommittee: You’rehired!Nowyoujustwaittoreceiveyourofferpackageandgothroughsalarynegotiations. Theywantyouonboard,buthavetofindoutwhatteamtoputyouinfirst.(Moreonteammatchinginthenextsection.) Theyneedmoreinformationaboutyou.Oneortwomoreinterviewswillbescheduled,afterwhichthehiringcommitteewillreconvenetomakeadecision. You’renottherightfitatthistime—butneverfear,you’reeligibletoapplyagainin90days. Step6:Teammatch IfyouappliedandinterviewedforarolethatisspecifictoacertainteamatGooglefromthebeginning,thenyouwilllikelyskiptheteammatchingstep.  Otherwise,candidatesgothroughaseparatestepinordertofindoutwhichteamthey’llbeworkingforatGoogle.Thismayoccurbeforeorafterthehiringcommitteemakesitsdecision. Ifteammatchingoccursafterthehiringcommittee,thecandidate’sinformationispassedalongtoteamswithopenheadcount,inordertofindthebestfitforthenewhire. Ifteammatchingoccursbeforethehiringcommittee,theinformationisaddedtothepacketofinterviewmaterialsthatthehiringcommitteeevaluatestomakeitsdecision. Ineithercase,youmayhaveaninterviewscheduledtomeetwithmembersofafewdifferentteams.Here,therecruiterwillinformyouoftheinterviewandofwhomyou’llbemeetingwith.Werecommendthatyouresearchtheteamsaheadoftheinterviewtogetanideaofwhatquestionstoaskthem,andofwhatyou’remostinterestedin. Asalways,ifyouareunsureofanystepinyourspecificinterviewprocess,checkinwithyourrecruiter. Step7:Salarynegotiation Finally,onceyou’vepassedeachofthesixstepsabove,you’llreceiveyourofferpackagefromGoogle. Atthispoint,allthatisleftforyoutodoisnegotiateyouroffer.Yourrecruiterwillgetintouchwithyouaboutthedetails,likelyschedulingonefinalcalltoclarifyanddiscusstheterms.Iftheyhavenotscheduledacall,youcanaskforone. Ofcourse,salarydiscussionscanbedifficultandabituncomfortable,especiallyifyouarenotusedtothem.Herearesometipswe’dsuggesttohelpyouoptimizeyoursalarynegotiations: Salarynegotiationtips: Bepolite: Rememberthatthepersonyou’renegotiatingwithisjustdoingtheirjob,andthatthetwoofyouarenotenemies.You’llgetmuchfartherinyournegotiationsifyouapproachtheconversationwithgrace. Don’tgiveanumberrightaway:Wheneverpossible,it’sbettertowaituntilyoureceiveanoffertostartnegotiating.Thisreducestheriskofgivinganumberthatislowerthanwhatthecompanyotherwisewouldhavepaid,orgivinganumberthatissohighthattheyarereluctanttointerviewyou. Doyourresearch: Haveanumberinmindbeforetheconversationbegins,andbackitupwithdata.ResearchyourpositionandlevelonLevels.fyi,askaroundonprofessionalsocialnetworkingsiteslikeBlind,factorinthecostoflivingwhereyouare,and,ideally,getsomeinputfromacurrentGoogler. Starthigh: Tostarttheconversation,nameacompensationnumberthatishigherthanyourgoal,andtheGooglenegotiatorwilllikelyendupnegotiatingitdowntoanumberthatisclosertoyouroriginalgoal. Negotiateeverything: Yourofferwillincludemorethanabasesalaryandstockoptions—youalsohavebonuses,vacationdays,location,workfromhome,andotheraspectstoconsider.Ifthecompensationwon’tbudge,theremaybesomewiggleroomaroundtheotherperks. Onceyou’vecompletedthisstepandacceptedyouroffer:congratulations!It’stimetostartyourcareeratGoogle. AreyoureadyforyourGoogleinterviews? Asyoumayhavenoticed,Googlehasalonganddifficultinterviewprocess,whichmeansthatitrequiresquiteabitofpreparationtosucceed. Thelistsofpracticequestionsandresourcesinsection4abovewillgiveyouagreatstart,butpracticingbyyourselfwillonlytakeyousofar.Ultimately,thebestwaytoimproveyourinterviewskillsistodoasmanyinterviewsasyoucan. 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